Forest Hills Real Estate

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In 1926, a savvy developer lured 10,000 prospective buyers to Forest Hills real estate by staging a free boxing match featuring heavyweight champ Jack Dempsey. Soon, though, the Florida land boom turned bust and not even the area's lush golf course and plush clubhouse could attract new home buyers. Another sports legend, golfer Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias, and her wrestler husband, George, bought the golf course in 1949 and worked to return the clubhouse to its former glory.

Today, the city-owned Babe Zaharias Golf Course provides a park-like center for the middle-class suburban community carved from the north Tampa woodlands. The golf course winds through the neighborhood, giving...