Photo(from chayofrank.com) In 1967, architect Chayo Frank was tasked with designing an office building for his father’s architectural woodworking and store fixture manufacturing business, Amertec-Granada Inc. With the use of sprayed concrete construction, he was able to have his design plan realized which involved a combination free-form aesthetics; parts of the building were completely free-form [...]
Photo(Nomeus, 2008 – Flurbex.com): Though the plant was closed, electricity still ran through the buildings. Built in 1969, General Electric opened a new factory as part of GE’s lighting-systems division, manufacturing incandescent lamps. The factory operated until it closed in 1982. GE reopened the factory a year later as part of it’s robotics operation. It [...]
The factory was built in 1899 for the Vicente Guerra Cigar Company, who at the time were also the owners of another cigar factory just down the street. From 1910 into the 1940′s it was occupied by V. Guerra, Diaz and Co. owned by Joseph Guerra. During the 1940′s it was shared by Tampa Tiger [...]
Photo(Bullet, 2011): The old, brick cigar factory is currently being renovated by the Tampa Sweethearts Cigar Company. The four-story brick building was built in 1895 for Garcia Brothers & Co. and was later used for the shipping and warehousing of tobacco products. At one point it was occupied by the Salvador Rodriguez Cigar Company and [...]