As most of it being a historical district, it used to be an impoverished neighborhood with ghettos, projects, trailer parks & section-8 homes, the city has been gentrifying in the recent years.

Wartime notables who passed through Port Tampa included Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders, the Buffalo Soldiers, Clara Barton of the American Red Cross, Richard Harding Davis, Stephen Crane, and Frederic Remington.

The port is still in use, however, and is the main entry point for fuel for both Tampa International Airport and MacDill Air Force Base.

A centennial celebration was held in 1993, complete with home tours, and a large block party in the Spanish–American War Memorial Park at the corner of Interbay Blvd.

He fought several well-known heavyweights like Ezzard Charles and Jersey Joe Walcott in venues such as Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Hulk Hogan grew up in Port Tampa and attended Robinson High School when he was still known as Terry Bollea.