The bars next door

As the city explores new rules for nightclubs and bars, how goes SoHo?

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Councilwoman Mary Mulhern, who lives in South Tampa, questions why the city would want to have multiple areas in the city that are considered “intense” for drinking. “This is a historic district,” she says. “One of the best residential areas in the whole county, with the best schools. Why should it be a bar district?”

For better or worse, it is one now. How it develops in the future is the question.

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