By Manny Leto
Cigar City Magazine Editor and 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.
After the city worker pounded on my door at 8:30 a.m., telling me to move my car or he would tow it, he and his crew from the Public Works department began “resurfacing” 4th Avenue, the street I currently call home.
When I came back during my lunch hour I was surprised to see red brick - and a lot of it – peeking out from cleared-away sections of asphalt.
I know this may not seem like a big deal. But it’s significant for several reasons. Read More
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