99-year-old Tampa building might be razed for apartment tower
The structure downtown at 601 N. Ashley Dr. will be replaced with a 43-story tower with 480 multi-family units.
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The structure downtown at 601 N. Ashley Dr. will be replaced with a 43-story tower with 480 multi-family units.
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Photographer Chip Weiner was a guest on WMNF WaveMakers on Tuesday (Sept. 19) to discuss his mission to preserve Tampa's history through photographs Weiner, a mental health counselor by trade, recently published a two-volume book of historic photographs of Tampa juxtaposed with photos from today that he made in the exact same spots. Titled "Burgert Brothers: Look Again Rephotographing Historic Tampa,” it relies on photographs in the special collection sections of the Hillsborough County Library and the University of South Florid
The Skip Gandy Collection picks up on the photographic history of Tampa where the Burgert Brothers Collection left off.
As Downtown Tampa gets larger, some wonder if we're losing important pieces of the past. Photographer Chip Weiner has a camera rig that allows him to compare what’s here now with what was here years or even decades ago.