Inside the Bahlow Family’s Historic Home
BUILDER: Restoration Construction Team, LLC INTERIOR DESIGNER: Melanie Turner Interiors PHOTOGRAPHER: Mali Azima GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Andrew Lynch CABINETRY:…
Photos: Everyone we saw getting loaded and lectured at the third annual Drunk Tampa History party
Manny Leto at Shuffle in Tampa, Florida on July 15, 2026. Credit: Dave Decker / Creative Loafing Tampa…
Downtown Tampa’s Wallace building is coming down, bringing with it a century’s worth of history
The Wallace S. Building, also known as the GTE building, located on the corner of Tampa and Twiggs…
Sailing Ships to Cruise Ships
Tampa, at its core, is a port town. During its earliest years, sailing ships provided the town with…
At 100, Boys & Girls Clubs define how they grow next
Founded in 1926 as the West Tampa Boys Club, Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Tampa Bay became…
Gasparilla: How Tampa invented its defining tradition
Gasparilla is often treated like a relic. A pirate myth that Tampa pulls out once a year for…
Sanchez y Haya enshrines early chapter of Tampa cigar history
Tampa was once considered the cigar capital of the world. Cigar-rolling peaked in the city in the 1920s.…
From Bolita to Billups: Tampa’s long history with La Cosa Nostra
When federal agents arrested NBA head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier in a sweeping…