The 3800 block of Eagle Avenue is a pleasant place, tree lined and distant from all the noise and bustle of Duval Street. It's ex-urban America, full sized lots, proper sized houses made of proper right angles, and nice driveways leading to real garages (used as such and not necessarily converted into worker housing).
Once one gets over the cool factor of living in Old Town Key West a home out here could have lots of advantages. Price isn't necessarily one of them. They used to sell for millions but I doubt these homes will ever qualify as low income housing even in a housing depression. Nor should they.
Granted these are technically "dry lots" (no canal access for boats and dockage) and the views are a bit limited, but for some residents that's no reason not to sit out of a cool Fall evening and check the fence line:
A nice big wall could also be construed as an advantage, especially if flowery:
There is a house in there somewhere:
This one is for sale and they are working on tarting it up for some snowbird no doubt, down for a few weeks of winter and fancies a permanent place in the sun.
There are fewer for sale signs than one might imagine considering how much property is for sale around Key West these days.
And those garbage bags filled with garden clippings- this is the time of year when everything has to be made pretty for the owner's return. 
More gates:
Check this, an actual garage:
This garage has a nice long driveway, unusual for many homes in this city:
The 3800 block is nothing if not varied:
And this is where it ends: 
South Roosevelt Boulevard. Turn left for the triangle and Stock Island, turn right for Smathers Beach and the airport. And at this point you are all of four miles from Duval Street. A 15 minute bike ride, or ten minutes by Bonneville if you know your way. Pretty civilized, all in all.
There are fewer for sale signs than one might imagine considering how much property is for sale around Key West these days.And those garbage bags filled with garden clippings- this is the time of year when everything has to be made pretty for the owner's return. 
More gates:Check this, an actual garage:This garage has a nice long driveway, unusual for many homes in this city:The 3800 block is nothing if not varied:
And this is where it ends: 
South Roosevelt Boulevard. Turn left for the triangle and Stock Island, turn right for Smathers Beach and the airport. And at this point you are all of four miles from Duval Street. A 15 minute bike ride, or ten minutes by Bonneville if you know your way. Pretty civilized, all in all.
5 comments:
Mr Conchscooter:
Gloat, gloat, gloat. I couldn't resist getting that back to you.
We are very warm in spirit. At least we aren't sweating in the heat, nor do we have to turn up our air conditioning, we only have to go outside, and we can save energy by shutting of our fridges and putting our stuff outside on the porch, which I would imagine, wouldn't last too long on these homes on Eagle Avenue.
Did you know that cold air makes internal combustion engines more efficient ?
bob
bobskoot: wet coast scootin
Just got in to town from hloidays to check your blog. great pictures from your thanksgiving. about B.O.'S. really good sandwich ! order like a local and you can get fries for free. no doubt best fries on the island !( hand cut ) then go to pepe's and order a cup of there gravy and poor over the fries. unbelievible ! 51 degrees in south carolina today....BYRDMAN
Mr Conchscooter:
Yep, can't wait to try them BEE OH fries
luv
bob
bobskoot: wet coast scootin
Speaking of the Bonneville, is it broken? I see the ET in your most recent pix...
__Orin
Scootin' Old Skool
My wife hurt her shoulder at work and got an operation through lovely socialized workers comp to fix it (free to us, no copay. yum). No big deal but she couldn't ride so I was "taking care" of the vespa. But I knew she was going to demand it back, so I was sneaking in as many non commute rides as I could. She has it back now at her workplace to get around town. Boo hoo.
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