The Casa Marina is a 100-year-old beachfront Art Deco Hotel landmark in Key West. It was conceived by Standard Oil tycoon Henry M Flagler, visionary developer of the Florida Keys Over-Sea Railroad that stretched from the Florida mainland across the islands to Key West. While Flagler had built majestic hotels up and down the east […]
The Ray and Maria Stata Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, generally referred to as the Stata Center, is a building designed by famed architect Frank Gehry in the Deconstructivist architectural style he is best known for. Gehry, who also designed the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, the Dancing House in Prague, […]
Since it was founded in 1936, Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art has moved its main location and support spaces over 13 times before finding its home at Fan Pier in 2006. With a building designed to resemble a gantry crane at a shipyard, the current location consists of 65,000 square feet dedicated to showcasing works […]
The Amelia is renowned for displaying some of the rarest automobiles in the world. This four day classic car celebration at the Ritz-Carlton on Amelia Island is one Ritzy car gathering. Beginning on March 2nd and ending on Sunday March 5th with the 28th Annual Amelia Concours d’ Elegance. Concours means a restored classic near […]
Located in the Italian section of Boston’s North End, Caffè Vittoria is the city’s first Italian café. If you’re looking for authentic biscotti, tiramisu, cannoli, or gelato, this is the place to go! Built in 1929, Caffè Vittoria has a charmingly vintage atmosphere: the walls are lined with framed antique photos, ornate mirrors, and relics […]
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again; you can learn a lot about a city by visiting its cemetery! Key West is no exception. For over 175 years, the City Cemetery has been attending to the funeral needs of all of its citizens – wealthy or poor, any religion, any ethnic background – […]
This is my year of golf on Route 1. I may as well start at the bottom and work my way up in 2023, don’t you think? I began my year in early February with Mini-golf at Boondocks, about 25 miles before you get to Key West on your way down the Overseas Highway. My […]
I’ve driven some long ones, including the Chesapeake Bay Bridge The San Mateo – Hayward Bridge and the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, but the Seven Mile Bridge between Marathon (Knights Key) and Little Duck Key is a uniquely beautiful span. At the time it was constructed, it was one of the longest bridges in the world. […]
A fort designed for war has been transformed into a peaceful oasis. After the War of 1812, the US government sought to fortify the Key islands of Florida with the construction of fortifications. Part of the plan to secure Key West was to build lookout fortifications on the East and West sides of the […]
John Margolies documented this establishment in 1985 for his Roadside America project. Remarkably, the building remains mostly unchanged in 2023, although the neighborhood around it is rapidly gentrifying. Sitting at the corner of Margaret Street and Truman Avenue (Route 1), it is still used as a laundromat, with wash and fold service offered. When I […]
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