Dick Greco Plaza
Dick Greco Plaza is a HARTline transit center located in the southern end of downtown Tampa across from the Marriott Waterside and the Tampa Convention Center. It was the former terminal station for the TECO Line Streetcar until the opening of the Whiting street station. It still serves as the terminating point for the In-Town Trolley routes. The station opened on January 30, 2003 and cost $3 million to build.[1]
Dick Greco Plaza | |||||||||||
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| HART Transit Center | |||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 27°56′29.5″N 82°27′17.2″W | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | TECO Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms, 1 island platform (2 per track) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 2003 | ||||||||||
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The station was officially dedicated on May 29, 2008 in honor of Dick A. Greco, a former mayor who was instrumental in bringing streetcars back to Tampa after an almost 60-year absence.[2] A statue of Greco sitting on a bench was added just outside.[3]
See also
References
- Steel, Kathy (January 31, 2003). "Streetcar Line Adds Transit Station". Tampa Tribune. p. 3.
- "Greco puts a spark to trolley fire" - St. Pete Times
- ""Former Tampa Mayor Dick Greco honored" - St. Pete Times". Archived from the original on 2012-10-15. Retrieved 2011-05-21.
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