pedroso house razed
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50 years ago…
October 27, 1956 – The old Pedroso boarding house in Ybor City, occasional home to Cuban Patriot Jose Martí, is demolished. Tampa Mayor Nick Nuccio leads the sad proceedings by taking an axe to the front door. The property, located on the corner of Eighth Avenue and Thirteenth Street, was given to the country of Cuba to turn into a Martí museum. After demolition, the land was converted into El Parque Amigos de Jose Martí (Park of the Friends of Jose Martí). The park, and the land underneath it, is still owned by Cuba today.
Courtesy of the Tampa Bay History Center.
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