Editing Italian Americans (section)

===Tampa-Ybor City===
[[File:Tampa Ybor City entr 01.jpg|right|thumb|upright=0.9|Gateway to Ybor City on 7th. Ave near the [[Nick Nuccio|Nick Nuccio Parkway]]]]

The community of [[History of Ybor City|Ybor City]] in [[Tampa, Florida]] is a [[Cigar|cigar-centric]] [[company town]] founded in 1885 and originally populated by a unique mix of [[Spanish Americas|Spanish]], [[Cuban Americans|Cuban]], [[American Jews|Jewish]], and Italian immigrants, with most of the Italians coming from a small group of villages in southwestern Sicily. At first, Italians found it difficult to find employment in the insular and [[Guild|guild-like]] cigar industry, which had moved to Tampa from Cuba and Key West and was dominated by Hispanic workers. Many founded businesses to serve cigar workers, most notably small grocery stores in the neighborhood's commercial district supplied by Italian-owned vegetable and dairy farms located on open land east of Tampa's city limits.<ref>{{cite book |last=Mormino |first=Gary |title=The Immigrant World of Ybor City: Italians and Their Latin Neighbors in Tampa, 1885-1985 |publisher=University Press of Florida |location=Gainesville, Florida |year=1987 |isbn=0-8130-1630-4 }}</ref> The immigrant cultures in town became better integrated as time went by; eventually, approximately 20% of the workers in the cigar industry were Italian Americans. The tradition of local Italian-owned groceries continued, however, and a handful of such businesses founded in the late 1800s were still operating into the 21st century.<ref>{{cite web|author=Jaden Hair |url=http://www2.tbo.com/news/central-tampa/2009/jul/09/sausages-are-stuffed-with-tradition-ar-97964/ |title=Meat market inspires loyalty |publisher=TBO.com |date=July 9, 2009 |access-date=January 16, 2013}}</ref>