the history of regency cove
garI read an interesting article about Regency Cove in the Trib recently. For you those of you unfamiliar with South Tampa, the Homes of Regency Cove is a retirement community of manufactured homes just off of Westshore and Gandy. Though it’s NOG (North of Gandy) I vividly remember going by this place growing up in SOG. But because of the residents’ strong anti-development stance, the neighborhood will likely be one of the last trailer parks in Tampa.
The article details a recently published book about the history of the community. Founded in 1956, the community began because self made millionaire Welburn Guernsey dreamed of creating “Guernsey City.” Regency Cove, The First Fifty Years memorializes Guernsey and the community’s storied past.
While reading the article I was surprised to find out about a former resident. Harold Russell acted in a handful of films, culminating in two Oscars for his portrayal of Homer Parrish in The Best Years of Our Lives. That’s right - he was the only actor to win two Oscars for one role. The story of how he got the acting gig is even more fascinating.
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March 12th, 2007 at 5:46 pm
thanks for posting about this, we live next door in the culbreath key condos.
they do a nice job of keeping up their property, georgetown a different story-
March 12th, 2007 at 5:47 pm
What is that statue in the middle of Regency Cove? I’m going to rear end someone on Westshore one of these days trying to get a good enough look to figure it out.
March 12th, 2007 at 8:37 pm
The statue is Jose Gaspar.
March 13th, 2007 at 9:25 am
They are VERY active in the Bayside West neighborhood association, which is bordered by Euclid Ave. to the north, Gandy Blvd to the south, Manhatten Ave to the East, and Tampa Bay on the West. I believe the next meeting is April 24th at Regency Cove.
May 7th, 2008 at 10:44 am
Please don’t call us a trailer park. We are a manufactured home community. As one of the authors of “Regency Cove, the First Fifty Years”, I’ve learned that this sort of pride has prevailed for half a decade.The Germany Library and the Platt Library have copies of the book, if anyone is interested.