Downtown Tampa, as seen from the mouth of the Hillsborough River in 2006

Downtown Tampa, is the central business district of Tampa, Florida and the chief financial district of the Tampa Bay Area. Points of interest in downtown include the Tampa Convention Center, The Florida Aquarium, the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, the old U.S. Courthouse, St. Pete Times Forum and City Hall. A Central business district (CBD) or downtown is a commercial heart of a city. ... Nickname: Cigar City, The Big Guava, T-Town Location in Hillsborough County and the state of Florida. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Tampa Bay area is a metropolitan area on the Gulf coast of west-central Florida. ... The Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center is located downtown on a nine-acre site along the east bank of the Hillsborough River in Tampa, Florida. ... The St. ...

Downtown Tampa, as seen from Davis Islands in 2002

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Description

Downtown Tampa is bounded by the Hillsborough River to the west, Channel District to the east, Interstate 275 to the north, and Davis Islands to the south. The total area for the area is 521 acres. [1] Historical Fort Brooke was located at the southern end of downtown Tampa, near the mouth of the Hillsborough River. The Hillsborough River is a river located mostly in Hillsborough County, Florida. ... The 63. ... Fort Brooke is a historical military poat situated on the east bank (at the mouth) of the Hillsborough River in present-day Tampa. ... The Hillsborough River is a river located mostly in Hillsborough County, Florida. ...

Municipal services

• Tampa City Hall
• Tampa Police Dept. Headquarters
• John F. Germany Main Branch Library

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Future developments

The downtown area is also undergoing a large transformation to be mostly completed in time for the hosting of the Super Bowl in 2009 with over 43 condo, hotel, and mixed-use developments proposed/approved/under construction as of October 2005. An earlier list by the city of Tampa includes large developments that have been approved and/or are under construction. A large portion of these projects have multiple towers to compensate for the high land values in Downtown Tampa. The next tower currently under construction in the central business district is the Trump Tower Tampa, the largest residential tower on the Gulf Coast according to The Tampa Bay Business Journal.

The 42-story tall Bank of America tower is Tampa's 2nd tallest skyscraper

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Notable Downtown Skyscrapers

• Park Tower (1973)
• Bank of America Tower (1986)
• One Tampa City Center (1981)
• AmSouth Building (1992)
• Sun Trust Financial Centre (1992)
• Rivergate Tower (1988)
• Hillsborough County Center (1993)
• Sam Gibbons Federal Corthouse (1997)
• Tampa City Hall (1915)

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See also

• Westshore, Tampa, a central-business district located near Tampa International Airport.

Westshore is the second principal business district of Tampa, Florida, smaller in size only to the citys downtown. ... FAA diagram of Tampa International Airport (TPA) Tampa International Airport (IATA: TPA, ICAO: KTPA) is a public airport located in Tampa, Florida in the United States, serving the Tampa Bay Area. ...

External links

• Official Website
• Tampa Downtown Partnership
• Details on Tampa's skyscrapers and other high rises
• Maps and aerial photos Coordinates: 27.9497528° -82.4562836°
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  • Satellite image from Google Maps, Windows Live Local, WikiMapia
  • Topographic map from TopoZone
  • Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA

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