Downtown Tampa
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Downtown Tampa, is the central business district of Tampa, Florida and the chief financial district of the Tampa Bay Area. Points of interest in downtown include the Tampa Convention Center, The Florida Aquarium, the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, the old U.S. Courthouse, St. Pete Times Forum and City Hall.
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[edit] Description
Downtown Tampa is bounded by the Hillsborough River to the west, Channel District to the east, Interstate 275 to the north, and Davis Islands to the south. The total area for the area is 521 acres. [1] Historical Fort Brooke was located at the southern end of downtown Tampa, near the mouth of the Hillsborough River.
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[edit] Future developments
The downtown area is also undergoing a large transformation to be mostly completed in time for the hosting of the Super Bowl in 2009 with over 43 condo, hotel, and mixed-use developments proposed/approved/under construction as of October 2005. An earlier list by the city of Tampa includes large developments that have been approved and/or are under construction. A large portion of these projects have multiple towers to compensate for the high land values in Downtown Tampa. The next tower currently under construction in the central business district is the Trump Tower Tampa, the largest residential tower on the Gulf Coast according to The Tampa Bay Business Journal.
[edit] Notable Downtown Skyscrapers
- Park Tower (1973)
- Bank of America Tower (1986)
- One Tampa City Center (1981)
- AmSouth Building (1992)
- Sun Trust Financial Centre (1992)
- Rivergate Tower (1988)
- Hillsborough County Center (1993)
- Sam Gibbons Federal Corthouse (1997)
- Tampa City Hall (1915)
- SkyPoint Tower (2007)
[edit] See also
- Westshore, Tampa, a central-business district located near Tampa International Airport.
[edit] External links
- Official Website
- Tampa Downtown Partnership
- Details on Tampa's skyscrapers and other high rises
- Downtown Tampa Guide
- Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Google Maps, or Yahoo! Maps, or Windows Live Local
- Satellite image from Google Maps, Windows Live Local, WikiMapia
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
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