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Tampa’s old Arturo Fuente Cigar Co. building to be restored, get a new life TAMPA — The Vicente Nieto and Bros. Cigar Factory turns 100 next year. But if Liana Fuente has her way, the building at 2708 N 18th St. won’t look a day over 70. Her grandfather, Carlos Fuente Sr. of the famous Fuente cigar family, purchased the Ybor City factory in 1956 and then expanded its size by around two-thirds so that his father and company founder and namesake, Arturo Fuente, could live on the second floor while employees rolled stogies on the first. Arturo Fuente Cigar Co. later sold it...

Una agradable charla con la tampeña Liana Fuente Cuando se conversa con Liana Fuente, se adivina enseguida la estirpe de su apellido, insertado en la historia de la industria del tabaco en  Tampa. Siguiendo a los grandes titanes que fundaron Ybor City y West Tampa a fines del siglo XIX, hombres como Arturo Fuente le dieron continuidad a ese legado en el siglo XX, contribuyendo al florecimiento de una ciudad que llegó a ser la capital mundial de la fabricación de puros. Arturo, el bisabuelo de Liana, llegó desde Cuba a principios del siglo XX y en 1912 instaló su primera fábrica,...

“Much like the lotus flower that is born in water, grows in water and rises out of water to stand above it unsoiled, the Black Orchid is forged from the dark to the light to share its beauty with the world.”...