Hyde Park, Tampa, Florida
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Hyde Park is a historic neighborhood and district located within the city limits of Tampa. The ZIP code for the district is 33606.
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[edit] Description
Hyde Park is located near the University of Tampa and close to Tampa's business and cultural arts district. Roughly, the boundaries of the neighborhood include the Hillsborough Bay to the east, Kennedy Blvd to the north, historic and picturesque Bayshore Boulevard to the south, and Armenia Avenue to the west. Major thoroughfares within the historical district include Kennedy Boulevard, Bayshore Boulevard, Lee Roy Selmon Crosstown Expressway (Florida State Route 618), Howard Avenue, and Swann Avenue.
[edit] Areas in Hyde Park
There are subareas within Hyde Park. These include Hyde Park Village, a unique shopping district located along Swann and Rome Avenues, and encompasses several city blocks. SoHo, a small sublet that runs though South Howard Avenue; and Bayshore, an area around Bayshore Boulevard.
Where South Edison Avenue now sits, there used to be a spring. This spring, once referred "The Scourge of South Tampa," claimed the lives of a few neighborhood children. It was subsequently covered over as a project with the WPA after the 1929 Stock Market Crash. However, the spring still haunts the residents of South Edison Avenue, in the form of a permanently soggy grass strip running between the sidewalk and street. The spring could be paved over, but not stopped all together.
If Hyde Park were its own independent city, its downtown area would most likely be centered around Hyde Park Village, a unique shopping mall located on Inman and Swann Avenues, and encompasses three city blocks. As opposed to the stuffy covered shopping malls common in the Tampa Bay area, the shopping center in Hyde Park is open and airy, with greenery and fountains everywhere and unique shopping discoveries around every corner. The shopping center was formerly home to Sunrise Cinemas, which featured many independent and art house movies, but the cinema was closed in 2006 in to make room for condominiums in a part of the area's redevelopment plan.
