a beautiful start
90 years ago…
April 26, 1916 – The first meeting for the City Beautiful Association is held at the DeSoto Hotel. The movement, which grew out of California, featured a desire to support “any person, firm or corporation that under a well defined plan shall seek to beautify any street, highway or public place in the city of Tampa or its surrounding territory.” The architecture of the new city hall building, which opened the previous year, reflected the City Beautiful Movement.
Courtesy of the Tampa Bay History Center.
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