Architects always search for a theme to visualize or story to tell when considering the look and feel of a project. To Robert K. Ledford II, one of the lead architects at Baker Barrios Architects in Tampa, the Encore housing and mixed-use commercial project is a dream come true.
The 40-acre square northeast of downtown Tampa is the former site of Central Park Village, whose black musical roots flourished in the segregated 1930s and ’40s and resonate today in the design of the ambitious project. Sure, the major streets and buildings pay homage to the names of music legends like Ray Charles (the main boulevard bears his name) or Ella Fitzgerald (the first housing apartment will bear her first name).
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