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#1 Annual event: Gasparilla - two separate parades (one night, one day) celebrating a fictitious pirate. It's an excuse for everyone to get drunk a 11:00 a.m.
#1 Thing of beauty: The water - Tampa Bay, Gulf of Mexico.
#1 Piece of ugliness: The landscape - strip malls and parking lots
#1 Link to the past: Old Cuban cigar factories in historic Ybor, and Teddie Roosevelt's Rough Riders passing through.
#1 future project: Downtown - making it more livable so people stay after work lets out.
#1 Rival City: I don't know, Jacksonville, maybe?
#1 Myth/Legend: The fountain of youth was thought to be here.
#1 City we could relate to: Cincinnati, OH
#1 motto: "Tampa Bay - A Sunny Place for Shady People."
#1 nickname: "Cigar City" although none are still being made here
#1 Thing you should know: Hardly anyone is actually from here.
#1 Annual event: Orange Bowl
#1 Thing of beauty: South Beach
#1 Piece of ugliness: Hialeah
#1 Link to the past: Freedom Tower
#1 future project: The Biscayne Wall
#1 Rival City: (in state) Ft Lauderdale...? / (out of state) Los Angeles (??)
#1 Myth/Legend: Everglades haunted by Eastern Airlines flight 401 crew
#1 city we could relate to: Los Angeles (sprawl, crowd, tourists, beaches)
#1 motto: "Gateway to the Americas"
#1 nickname: "The Magic City"
#1 Thing you should know: Its not what you see on tv/movies/postcards.
#1 Annual event: Regatta
#1 Thing of beauty: Cityscape view from Mt. Washington
#1 Piece of ugliness: Decaying neighborhoods (i.e. Hazelwood, Hill District, Homewood)
#1 Link to the past: Old but well kept housing architecture in various neighborhoods (Squirrel Hill, Mexican War Streets, Shadyside, Pointe Breeze)
#1 future project: New Casino on North Shore
#1 Rival City: (in state) Philly / (out of state) Cleveland
#1 Myth/Legend:
#1 city we could relate to: Any rust belt city that is changing their economy through technology or another blossoming field (would Cinnci bit this bill?)
#1 motto: "We're not Manhattan, we just built it!"
#1 nickname:"the Steel City"
#1 Thing you should know: The sky is not covered in smoke. There is not one steel mill that lies within the city limits.
#1 Annual event: Regatta
#1 Thing of beauty: Cityscape view from Mt. Washington
#1 Piece of ugliness: Decaying neighborhoods (i.e. Hazelwood, Hill District, Homewood)
#1 Link to the past: Old but well kept housing architecture in various neighborhoods (Squirrel Hill, Mexican War Streets, Shadyside, Pointe Breeze)
#1 future project: New Casino on North Shore
#1 Rival City: (in state) Philly / (out of state) Cleveland
#1 Myth/Legend:
#1 city we could relate to: Any rust belt city that is changing their economy through technology or another blossoming field (would Cinnci bit this bill?)
#1 motto: "We're not Manhattan, we just built it!"
#1 nickname:"the Steel City"
#1 Thing you should know: The sky is not covered in smoke. There is not one steel mill that lies within the city limits.
Good list. The only things I would change if it was my list is:
Myth:Legend: It is industrial and dirty.
Future Project: The arena (the Casino is big too, but I like the new arena idea better.)
Denver, CO
#1 Annual event: Cherry Creek Arts Festival
#1 Thing of beauty: The mountain backdrop
#1 Piece of ugliness: Some stretches of the Platte River
#1 Link to the past: Molly Brown House
#1 future project: Fastracks light/heavy rail transportation project
#1 Rival City: ?? Nothing really close
#1 Myth/Legend: We are snowed in 6 months per year.
#1 city we could relate to: Salt Lake City ??
#1 motto: Imagine a Great City
#1 nickname: Mile HIgh City
#1 Thing you should know: Denver is not in the mountains
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