Activists want to restore Tampaâs Kiley Garden, once a landscape marvel
Years ago, its pools were filled with gravel, the water for the fountains and runnels shut off, and the canal and trees removed.
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Updated May 3
TAMPA â It wasnât a hot afternoon. It was in the low 80s with a breeze.
But it felt hotter on the cloudless day in downtown Tampaâs shadeless Kiley Garden.
âAnyone who lives in Tampa knows we need shade,â Jessie Stehlik said as she walked Coco, her American Eskimo dog, through Kiley Garden.
A downtown resident and photographer who uses Kiley Garden for shoots, Stehlik is on a mission to add shade to the 4 1/2-acre checkerboard of grass and concrete located next to the Rivergate Tower at 400 N. Ashley Dr.
Tampa Design Week offers tours for architects and architects at heart
Tampa Design Week, hosted by The Tampa Bay Foundation for Architecture and Design, offers a week of tours, allowing the public to go inside buildings with historic and architectural significance.
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TAMPA â Most of the time you walk right by a building without ever really paying attention to its significance or history.
The Tampa Bay Foundation for Architecture and Design is trying to change that. We are right in the middle of their annual Design Week.
âThere are so many hidden gems in Tampa Bay, its so great there is something that can literally be in your backyard that you didnât know anything about and thatâs what events like this are for to help you discover those things,â said Rachel Radawec with the Tampa Bay Foundation for Architecture and Design.