A house at 16034 Frost Drive, where Pasco County code enforcement officials found a woman and four dozen dogs living among filth and feces in November, was demolished today. ...more

May 8, 2008

Growing up in Plant City, James and Blake Emory were surrounded by walls that doubled as art. ...more

February 16, 2008

Hundreds of fans bid on urinals, chunks of concrete and plastic orange seats Saturday, hoping to take a little piece of the Orange Bowl home with them. ...more

February 10, 2008

TAMPA PALMS - When New Tampa's only condemned house was finally demolished in April, the neighbors didn't cheer or toast with champagne. They gathered in a light rain and watched quietly as an excavator tore through eight years of frustration and headaches. Gary Glassman, a member of the city's legal staff, stood under the shelter of a giant oak and watched, too. The case landed on his desk in late 2006, more than two years after Tampa Code Enforcement Director Curtis Lane signed a demolition order. ...more

January 2, 2008

The new year will bring major changes at the North Tampa Branch Library. ...more

December 28, 2007

For years, people have complained that the Tampa Museum of Art is too small. Plans have come and gone. But today the big white building along the river in downtown will shut its doors once and for all. Demolition could begin as soon as Feb. 1, and a larger and more architecturally distinct building is expected to go up only a block or two away. ...more

December 16, 2007

The Tampa Bay Rays will have the support of Gov. Charlie Crist as they attempt to build a new stadium. ...more

November 15, 2007

In Tarpon Springs, officials are pondering the fate of a downtown building at 144 E. Tarpon Ave. A recent inspection by a Tampa engineering firm found major structural problems with the building. It should be fixed or torn down, the outside engineer and city staffers stay. ...more

November 13, 2007

LAKE PLACID — The noise started early Monday morning. But the loud and regular pounding and scraping was welcomed by neighbors like Donna and Sergio Guzman as about a dozen workers prepared former mobile home park Viking Village for demolition. "Sergio and I are enjoying the sound of heavy metal — aluminum crashing to the ground," said Donna Guzman, with a broad smile. In mid-September, the 18-unit trailer park was condemned by the county, and the property owner was threatened with daily fines. Most of the trailers and buildings at the park, located at County Road 17 and Lake June Road, are dilapidated with gaping holes and broken windows. ...more

November 7, 2007

City Commission members will be asked Tuesday whether they want to take emergency action to remove demolition as an alternative for dealing with a building in the city's historic district that has been deemed structurally unsafe. ...more

October 26, 2007