Casa Marina Court by night is quite tropical and lush, even more so than by day, and wandering this street at two in the morning on a lunch break is a healthy reminder of that:
Talk to a Key West realtor and they will tell you in reverent tones that Casa Marina is Key West's most upscale neighborhood. They aren't completely wrong:
Casa Marina's boundaries are a bit vague, but like pornography which is said to be equally hard to define, you'll know it when you see it:
Casa Marina Court is just a couple of blocks long from White Street to Reynolds:
To the south of Casa Marina Court lies Higgs Beach and Dog Park and the public tennis courts, whose open space mitigates the excess of walls and gates elsewhere:
The ends of the street are marked by these curious little columns, so one knows when one is here, when passing on White or Reynolds:
Amongst all the gateways in this neighborhood there is one which is worth the price of admission:
A pretty fancy doorway solely for the use of a housekeeper and her non-U friends...There are modern homes of Casa Marina as well,looking more California than Florida Keys:
And so, time to stop playing tourist with the camera and get back to work.
