An Albatross of Confusion, Banality, Damaging Imagery
Instead of emphasizing one of Tampa’s many cultural assets, the name connotes the area’s longtime unaddressed drainage problems. It doesn’t take a Hurricane Irma for nearby Bayshore Boulevard to flood. Steady rainstorms are sufficient to provide footage of stranded automobiles on the 5 o’clock news. Those images are viewed by tourists, conventioneers and occasionally on nationwide feeds.
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By Jim Bleyer - Tampa Bay Beat