In the midst of the greatest housing downturn since the Great Depression, Tampa Bay area builders struggle to unload finished homes. Several have gone out of business. ...more

December 24, 2008

Fermin Montes de Oca and Helen Reid Toomey started their lives about a thousand miles apart, grew up in different cultures and spent their careers working in dissimilar fields. ...more

December 24, 2008

In the midst of the greatest housing downturn since the Great Depression, Tampa Bay builders struggle to unload finished homes. Several have gone out of business. ...more

December 23, 2008

Christmas 1941 was special. The 18 days between Pearl Harbor and Dec. 25 marked a time of tenderness and coarseness, hope and anxiety. ...more

December 21, 2008

With memories of the razing of the old Gary Adult High School still fresh, another historical landmark could be in jeopardy. ...more

December 19, 2008

With memories of the razing of the old Gary Adult High School still fresh, another historical landmark could be in jeopardy. ...more

December 18, 2008

USF architecture students envision a ground floor at the historic Tampa Armature Works building with a market, artist's studios and galleries, a coffee shop and restaurants offering a view of the lower Hillsborough River. ...more

December 17, 2008

USF architecture students envision a ground floor at the historic Tampa Armature Works building with a market, artists' studios and galleries, a coffee shop and restaurants offering a view of the lower Hillsborough River. ...more

December 17, 2008

People interested in developing the historic Guida House may submit proposals to the city through Jan. 23. ...more

December 17, 2008

It's all your fault Salma Hayek. I was so over my longer-than-shoulder-length hair. I was ready for a change - something a bit more, ahem, mature. After all, conventional wisdom says once a woman hits the big 4-0, she shouldn't wear her hair long, right? ...more

December 14, 2008