Tampa - Ybor City 
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The center of Tampa's Latin community, Ybor City is named for its founder, cigar baron Vincente Martinez Ybor. He came to the region in the mid-1880's after workers at his Key West plant threatened to unionize. At one point, the Ybor cigar factory was the largest in the world with over 4,000 people hand-rolling more than 900,000 cigars a month. However, the Great Depression and machine rollers brought an end to the boom and most factories were closed and demolished.
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Ybor City is roughly bounded by 6th Avenue, 13th Street, 10th Avenue and 22nd Street, East Broadway between 13th and 22nd Streets. This is a pleasant place to visit by day or evening.
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A Tampa Bay street car in Ybor City.
Sign at the entrance to Ybor City in Tampa.
