Newton Street

I like the Meadows, it is probably my favorite neighborhood in Key West, because it has lots of character in the architecture it's outside Old Town so there is no architectural review and there are no tourist attractions or businesses in the few blocks that make up the Meadows. Funnily enough I took an almost identical picture to this one (including the Mini in the driveway) last Spring when I did a quick wander through the whole neighborhood. I guess I just like this eyebrow home!The Meadows got its name apparently from some developer who decided to expand the city out in this direction and started throwing up houses and gave them a cute suburban name. Some people like it enough their cars take on a gray insubstantial forms on the street from long bouts of inactivity. This is a bicycling neighborhood:The Meadows is where people gather on the street and chat like old fashioned neighbors are supposed to do:These streets have their own form of neighborhood watch:The homes come in shades and shapes that one has come to expect in Key West:I can't miss out on the opportunity to find another pink building, offset in this case by a bottle green door, no less. Very bold, very effective:And if pink houses don't do it for you, The Meadows is where you can find pink bushes. This spot looked very well organized, my idea of a New England village gardening contest. Where's Angela Lansbury?Someone took the time to trim the shrub and paint the picket fence and everything. In this next one they did a Class A over-size trim job on the tree that used to live here.Now it just looks like a class A Hawaiian lava flow:Young love in the Meadows, all you need is a pair of skateboards and a full heart:
A Key West garage:A lonely scooter on a side street, possibly Florida Street if I remember correctly. The Meadows is the area within Truman, Eisenhower, Palm and White: There is Art on the streets too. Captain Outrageous used to make artworks that were in general use, back when he was alive. Now that he's dead and no longer producing Art, his irreverent take on daily objects seems to be reserved for display, not use:Granted this isn't your typical art gallery, hanging as it does from a palm tree...It doesn't take much to find Art in Nature either:
But it's time for the sun to set on the beauty of The Meadows and Newton Street and because it's winter time that means it's getting close to six pm:Which means start of the working day for me. Time to find the Bonneville and buzz three blocks over to the Police Station for another exciting night of sitting up and not thinking about my bed.