Its claims to fame are that it once was the tallest building in Florida and that Elvis stayed there in the 1950's.
Its claims to fame are that it once was the tallest building in Florida and that Elvis stayed there in the 1950's.
The image below is a 2005 TBT article I still have about the Tampa blogger scene. The big boy was Tommy Duncan. He stopped blogging around 2008, and was never seen again. Here is what Creative Loafing said about that era: "The 40-something blogger founded the most-often-cited independent Tampa Bay news blog, Sticks of Fire, in Feb. 2004, and the site, without much financial assistance from advertising, is still going strong today with a stable of more than a dozen regular contributors. In 2005, Duncan was featured in a tbt* story about the young lions of the local Internet. Today, about half of them have fallen by the wayside or (in the case of famous sexy blogger Rachel Moran) moved to New Jersey. Duncan keeps on posting. The local digital scene has grown, but he's not sure it has improved in quality."
Another claim to fame is that I stayed there in the 1970's. Not sure of the year but the lounge was still open. They had a snack bar with vending machines. The elavator had one of those sliding gates. The rooms weren't much but nice place to take your "date". If I recall the cost was $ 7.50 a night. Towards the end a lot of the day workers stayed there. The bed bugs weren't too big either. Larry 157
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