See you Saturday!

Ditch the car and discover the city with Councilwoman Lynn Hurtak and your OSHNA & Hampton Terrace neighbors!

Meet up at 10:30 Saturday morning at Jug & Bottle Dept. We’ll hop on HART Route 1 (free!), cruise downtown, hang out at Gen X Tavern, and ride back together. Return time approx. 1:30 PM. Walking and biking to the meetup is encouraged!

When: Saturday, June 21st, 10:30 a.m.

Where: Jug & Bottle Dept., 6203 N Florida Ave.

Monthly Happy Hour June 26

We look forward to seeing you on Thursday, June 26th for our monthly happy hour. This month we're hitting up Old Seminole Heights's favorite dive bar, the American Legion Post 111.

When: Thursday, June 26, 6:00 p.m. — 8:00 p.m.

Where: American Legion Seminole Post 111, 6918 N. Florida Ave.

We're already hard at work planning the 2026 OSHNA Home Tour, and we're looking for hosts! Showcase your home and reap the benefits of sharing it with your neighbors. Don't let the age or condition of your home discourage you—we've featured every kind of home possible over our 27 years of home tours, and we'd love to make you a part of the next one.

Email hometour@oldseminoleheights.org to volunteer!

For just $10 a year—or $25 for businesses—you help your neighborhood association represent neighbors' interests with the city, provide outreach to local businesses and organizations, and keep these newsletters flowing!

This Month In OSHNA History

It was 100 years ago this month that the Lyons building, at the corner of Hillsborough and Florida avenues, opened with a two-page spread in the Tampa Times .

The building — established by then neighborhood president Joe Lyons, a name you'd be familiar with from past episodes — was at 5401 N. Florida, and just one of the centers of commerce that would eventually occupy all four corners of the intersection.

It was a popular intersection for the Burgert Bros., who took numerous exposures of the area over the decades. This shot looks south toward the intersection from Florda; the Lyons building is on the left.

This shot looks west on Hillsborough. The Gulf Oil station on the northwest corner of Hillsborough & Florida was photographed numerous times:

By 1949, a Howard Johnson's restaurant was opening up on the southwest corner of the intersection.

The Lyons building property and the Gulf Oil property eventually became victims of Hillsborough Avenue widening, and the HoJo faded to memory as well. Some day, perhaps the neighborhood will be able to reclaim at least part of the intersection that "progress" seized from us.

Hosting the monthly OSHNA Porch Party is one of the easiest and most fun ways to get involved in the neighborhood. With the Neighborhood Involvement Committee volunteers handling most of the arrangements, they aren't much work, either! To sign up to host, check out the link to the form in the button below.

As always, check our events calendar on Facebook or OldSeminoleHeights.org .