Its the end of an era and the start of a new one. Local Tampa leaders gathered at Robles Park Monday morning to close one chapter and open another.

Dozens of people including local leaders, state representatives, and Congresswoman Kathy Castor came out to the Tampa Heights area to watch the start of the demolition process at Robles Park.

"This is our last 1960s era housing complex, and so to get this torn down and to get a mixed income development in here is beyond exciting," said Tampa Mayor Jane Castor.

Its a project five years in the making and as one former resident put it, it couldnt come soon enough, saying, 'Good riddance.'

"It was well overdue and needed, but I am one resident that stood up in the midst of the trouble," said Angerloe Bellamy, a former Robles Park resident.

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