Whats really interesting... (Score 4)

The video system in Ybor City has bee in place on the main drag (7th Avenue) for a couple of years. It pretty much went up without any fan fare, and the PD said it was for better crowd control during weekends and Gasparilla and Guavaween, when Certified Madness takes over the place. Now, as of last week I hear they are augmenting the system with face recognition. Now, whats REALLY interesting about all this is that Ybor city has gone froma place of miscreants and party goers helbent on rowdiness to a "High Class Locale" and Family Entertainment Venue in less than a year. What was once projects and low quality commercial and industry has become Luxury Apartments (that caught fire and burnt the local Post Office down...). Prior to the interests of a HUGE complex called Centro Ybor and the $$$$ for development, the place was a police wasteland where the boys in blue pretty much treated it as ground zero. Needless to say, this has ruined the club scene.:) SasserianSection