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TAMPA — The J.C. Newman Cigar Factory’s clocktower, known as El Reloj, is Ybor City’s most iconic structure north of the interstate. But the Perfecto Garcia Cigar Factory’s water tower is ...
A tour of J.C. Newman Cigar Company provides a peek into the only remaining cigar factory in Ybor City, appealing to both cigars smokers and nonsmokers. Recent travelers were divided on when to ...
That's Bobby Newman, the third-generation owner of the J.C. Newman Cigar Factory, speaking to the charms of exploring Ybor City's last remaining cigar factory. Bobby, his brother Eric, and his ...
Each set includes 201 Lego bricks that make the famous clock tower and its cigar factory. Drew Newman, fourth-generation owner and general counsel of Ybor City's J.C. Newman Cigar Co., shows off a ...
Tampa's oldest cigar factory is leading the historic preservation efforts for the Sanchez y Haya building in Ybor City. Since the $18 million project launched in 2023, work continues to revitalize ...
TAMPA, Fla. — The owners of the J.C. Newman Cigar Factory plan to transform their corner of Ybor City with a new park dedicated to cigar workers, a tobacco farm and restored inn, according to ...
TAMPA, Fla. — You are immediately transported back in time when you walk into the J.C. Newnan Cigar Co in Ybor City. The employees at the factory are artisans, channeling generations of ...
YBOR CITY, Fla. (WFLA) — For over 100 years, the JC Newman Cigar Co. has hand rolled cigars ... Across the street from their current factory off Columbus Drive sits the Sanchez y Haya building ...
Managers expected at least one factory would be robbed every Friday payday. The entire payroll was in cash, and it had to be protected. TAMPA, Fla. - In 1954 in Ybor City, the cigar industry was ...
A box of old cigars from 1906 are now on display at the J.C. Newman Cigar Company museum in Ybor City.