Hit the bricks: a historical street-paving opportunity in Ybor City
Photo: Amber Rhea/flickr.com
By Manny Leto
PoHo contributor
Most Tampa folks believe there are tunnels under the streets of Ybor City. People say they criss-cross 7th Avenue and were used by bootleggers in the 1920s to smuggle booze between establishments or stash cash in hidden vaults. Sounds sexy. I’m not sure whether it’s true. I met someone once whose family owned a grocery store on 7th. Apparently, she played in the tunnel under the family store when she was a little girl.
Maybe. After last week the only thing I know for sure is hidden under the asphalt in Ybor City is Augusta Brick.
