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Tampa Bay's iconic private island home, 'Moontide Isle,' finally sold over the spring

Situated on its own tiny island in the Pithlachascotee River, Tampa Bay's famous "Moontide Isle" is no stranger to hurricanes. But after…

By Colin Wolf

Image: Tampa Bay's iconic private island home, 'Moontide Isle,' is back on the market
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After slashing $5 million from asking price last year, the most expensive home in Tampa Bay is now off the market

The only home in Tampa Bay to share a property line with Caladesi Island State Park recently slashed $5 million from the…

By Colin Wolf

Image: The most expensive home in Tampa Bay slashes $5 million from asking price
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12 ways to celebrate Tampa's 138th birthday during Archives Awareness Week

The National Archives marks its archives awareness month in the fall, but in 1992, the City of Tampa Archives Advisory Committee moved…

By Ray Roa

A crop from the July 10, 2025 cover of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay
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'One of those things we need to embrace': Rodney Kite Powell defends Tampa's flag ahead of archives awareness week

Rodney Kite-Powell is always quick to give others credit, and he did that last month at a gathering of the city’s most-engaged…

By Ray Roa

 Rodney Kite-Powell likes the city’s official flag It was designed in the 1930s, meaning it’s almost a century old. “It was designed in a way to be, using our terms of today, ‘inclusive,’” he added, explaining how the colorful, busy, banner celebrates our city’s heritage. Designed by F. Grant Whitney, who worked as an engineer at Tampa Electric, the colors and lines all have meanings. The red, white, blue and stars rep the United States—and reference both the United Kingdom and Cuba. Yellow and red represent Spain while the green, yellow and red cover Italy. Red diagonal lines acknowledge the state flag of Florida. Native Americans are recognized, too. And if you turn the flag 90-degrees, there is a “T” to represent “Tampa,” complete with 16 stars for the 16 wards that existed at the time of its design. Turn the flag back, and there’s an “H” for “Hillsborough County.” Tip the flag about 45 degrees, and you see an “F” for “Florida.” “It really tries to represent the city as best it can,” he added. Sure, it’s not Chicago’s flag, and transplants from other cities are always trying to get rid of it, but Kite-Powell said it’s ours for better or worse, good or bad. “I think we have some things we have to kind of embrace, and I think the flag is one of those things that we need to embrace,” he said.
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July 10, 2025

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