Key West has a rich cultural and artistic past and present that is sometimes overshadowed by the lure of the Duval Crawl; but, some locals are working hard to preserve what they see as the Southernmost City’s finest attraction: art and artists.
Posted: Monday, July 13, 2009 11:09 AM EDT
Key West Mayor Morgan McPherson proclaimed July 29 Nancy Forrester Day last year, to honor Forrester for her many years of work cultivating her Secret Garden, which contains one of the most exceptional collections of tropical flora in the United States.
Nancy Forrester's Secret Garden sits on a one-acre lot at the end of FreeSchool Lane off Simonton Street. Forrester purchased the lot in 1969 and has worked over the years to transform it into a lush, rainforest-like environment, complete with a variety of tropical birds.
Posted: Friday, April 24, 2009 04:44 PM EDT
The last tall ship assembled in Key West, the 69-year-old schooner Western Union, is once again carrying passengers on sunset sailing excursions.
Posted: Monday, October 20, 2008 12:44 PM EDT
Nancy Forrester celebrated her 70th birthday on July 29 and the City of Key West proclaimed the day "Nancy Forrester Day," in honor of her many years of work planting and caring for the extraordinary tropical garden and rainforest on her one-acre property in Old Town.
Posted: Saturday, August 02, 2008 07:42 PM EDT
Bayview Park has seen better days, Key West residents say. But despite a financially restrictive budget year, the city is planning renovations to bathrooms and a new bandstand, along with a list of other improvements at the Truman Avenue park.
Posted: Sunday, July 27, 2008 07:31 PM EDT
“Who do we have here?” asks John Baltzell, captain of the 31-foot catamaran Patty C, as we approach two young dolphins rubbing bellies and spy-hopping. Baltzell has been studying the local dolphin ecology for six years while driving the Patty C, an inspected vessel out of the historic Key West seaport that takes passengers out to explore their habitat then snorkel the patch reefs in the Key West National Wildlife Refuge.
Posted - Sunday, June 29, 2008 03:39 PM EDT
One of Key West’s oldest attractions is crawling back from the brink of extinction. The Key West Tropical Forest & Botanical Garden welcomes visitors where once there were none and, before that, throngs.
Posted - Sunday, June 29, 2008 03:29 PM EDT
Four hours is hardly enough time to visit the tiny chunk of the Dry Tortugas that holds Fort Jefferson.
Posted - Sunday, June 29, 2008 02:27 PM EDT
It’s the place where Harry S. Truman did all of his presidential work during the winter months, where Dwight D. Eisenhower created the U.S. Department of Defense and where John F. Kennedy may have made a decision that averted World War III.
Posted - Sunday, June 29, 2008 02:26 PM EDT
America’s Greatest Generation, the men and women who served in our armed forces during World War II, are no better represented than by those who served as crew aboard a little steel ship named Mohawk — now berthed in Key West and open to the public.
Posted - Sunday, June 29, 2008 12:59 PM EDT
