Friendship TrailBridge was opened in 1999 after efforts by a group of regular citizens called “Save the Gandy” were successful. Ten years later, the structure has been deemed unsafe, closed to the public, and is at another crossroads. Here are the options: A full repair of the entire bridge, in order to reopen it to recreational use, [...]
Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties to Close Elevated Portion of Friendship TrailBridge Structural problems are forcing the closure of nearly all of the Friendship TrailBridge, a popular recreational link between Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties. On Tuesday, an inspection found the elevated portion of the TrailBridge has significant structural deficiencies. As a result, officials from [...]
Late last month I noticed that somebody had dumped a mattress by the side of the road near my house south of Gandy. This was not a free bit of furniture like you see sometimes; free stuff left at the curb for anybody to take away. This mattress had seen a rough life [...]
This post is a bit overdue, due to limited Net access until just days ago, but I thought some of you would still be interested in how our last two weeks of dining in Tampa went before our move up to Gainesville. The weekend before last, we decided to stop into Castellano & Pizzo Italian Gourmet [...]
We’re now down to less than two weeks before we make the move to Gainesville. So instead of reviewing one restaurant this week, I thought I’d provide brief summaries of the places we’ve eaten at the past two weeks. Thanks again to everyone who posted suggestions of restaurants to visit one last time [...]
Looks can be deceiving. Especially at the dully-named-but-tasty Thailand Restaurant on S. Dale Mabry, SOG and just a couple of blocks from the base.From the outside, the restaurant looks semi-abandoned with paint badly peeling (could this be the original coat of paint from when the place first opened in 1979?) and with letters missing from [...]
I 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 [...]
Did you know that the City of Tampa has a neighborhood department. Yup. TheCity of Tampa Neighborhood and Community Relations mission is to “bring government closer to all people by serving as the liaison between the government and community to help Tampa thrive and shine.” They also include a list of 104 Tampa neighborhood [...]
Steve remembers a discotheque in South Tampa, but not entirely. So he wants some help in completing that memory, and decided to Ask-A-Tampan: Hi! Back in the Seventies there was a Teen Disco called “The Force” but no one on my High School Alumni list seems to remember exactly where it was. I cannot find [...]
