Tampa on My Mind. Foreword by the Honorable Pam Iorio, Mayor. Introduction by Gary R. Mormino.
2009 · Gainesville
by William, Kimberly; Thomas, Gregory; Williams, Ronald; Borman, Cheryl.
Gainesville: University Press of Florida, (2009). Review Copy. Oblong octavo, black cloth & blue boards (hardcover), gilt letters, xvi + 174 pp. Fine (As New) in a Fine (As New) dust jacket. From dust jacket: The third largest metropolitan area in the southeast surrounds magnificent Tampa Bay on Florida’s Gulf Coast. This photographic celebration of the diverse urban lifestyle that can be found in Tampa and its environs presents the people and places that form the rich tapestry of the region. Today, the 300,000 people who live in the city of Tampa enjoy the juxtaposition of skyscrapers with 165 parks and beaches, festivities that commemorate the area’s cultural assets, and championship-winning professional sports franchises...Tampa on My Mind features the work of ward-winning photographers, offering a one-of-a-kind celebration of Florida’s premier west coast city. It also includes a foreword by Mayor Pam Iorio and an essay on the city’s past by acclaimed historian Gary Mormino. (Inventory #: 1613gls2)