Event Dime

Ybor City Walking Tour

When:

September 19, 2026 · 10:00 AM

Where:

Tampa Bay History Center, 801 Old Water St., Tampa, FL

Source:

6AM City Lakeland – Events

Explore Ybor City with Evangeline “Van” Linkous, Ph.D., AICP, a History Center-trained guide and USF professor who teaches urban planning history. Her courses examine industrialization, mutual aid societies, highway development, suburbanization and downtown revitalization, all central to Ybor City’s development. During this 90-minute tour, Van connects her academic expertise with the cigar factories, social clubs, brick streets and landmark buildings along the route. Guests will learn how Ybor d