Downtown Mural
This mural is a well-known landmark on North Florida Avenue downtown.
The mural actually faces Royal Street, but the building address is North Florida Avenue. The artist is Carl Cowden III, a graduate of the University of Tampa, and he has painted several murals in the Tampa Bay Area. Click here to read a nice article about Cowden. The mural includes the downtown skyline, a water tower in the north Tampa neighborhood of Sulphur Springs, the Henry Plant Museum on the University of Tampa campus, Gasparilla, the TECO Streetcar in Ybor City, and the area’s natural outdoor beauty.
A beautiful photo of the mural! My wife and I hosted scenes of the welcome video for our wedding guests in front of Cowden’s mural. It is almost in the shadow of my grandfather’s former hotel The Floridan. Do you know the status on the redevelopment?
June 4, 2012 at 11:21 pm
Thanks for the kind words! The last time I drove by the Floridan it looked complete from the outside, but I don’t know the status. I’ve posted several photos of that lovely building and will be posting more in the future. Thanks again, and I look forward to seeing what direction your new blog takes!
June 5, 2012 at 8:02 am