Take a Conch Republic Flag, Old Glory and the Union Jack and you have several cultural bases covered as well as adding a splash of color to the front of your Key West home.
The Meadows neighborhood is decidedly my favorite place in town were I ever required to move back to the city from my suburban paradise up the Highway. Not everyone is hanging on to their toehold and the Spottswood Conglomerate is hard at work spreading the happiness around.
Not that we could buy another house in these bizarre economic time in which we live. Home ownership requires economic activity for most of us to be successful at it. 
I like The Meadows for the restrained and pleasant architecture, mixed enough to be interesting but also because the neighborhood is east of White Street is not hobbled by historic preservation requirements. Charming though they are to stroll through living with them is not to my taste.
The Meadows has no commerce on it's few streets, the neighbors seem to get along very nicely as they tend to come out at dusk and walk their Cheyennes en masse, especially in the winter months. 
Bordered by Truman to the south, The Meadows also enjoys lots of greenery along it's streets. 
And the occasional cat. Can't forget the cats, even if they don't take kindly to being photographed during their ablutions.
The Meadows neighborhood is decidedly my favorite place in town were I ever required to move back to the city from my suburban paradise up the Highway. Not everyone is hanging on to their toehold and the Spottswood Conglomerate is hard at work spreading the happiness around.
Not that we could buy another house in these bizarre economic time in which we live. Home ownership requires economic activity for most of us to be successful at it. 
I like The Meadows for the restrained and pleasant architecture, mixed enough to be interesting but also because the neighborhood is east of White Street is not hobbled by historic preservation requirements. Charming though they are to stroll through living with them is not to my taste.The Meadows has no commerce on it's few streets, the neighbors seem to get along very nicely as they tend to come out at dusk and walk their Cheyennes en masse, especially in the winter months. Bordered by Truman to the south, The Meadows also enjoys lots of greenery along it's streets. 
And the occasional cat. Can't forget the cats, even if they don't take kindly to being photographed during their ablutions.
3 comments:
Umm...
Sorry to burst your bubble, bro, but the Meadows is subject to HARC rules like everything else in Old Town.
I love the Meadows; tried to live there, but ended up on the edge of Old Town by a quirk of fate.
C'est la vie,
Chuck on Fleming.
If HARC has spread beyond White Street I am just glad to be on Ramrod Key.
the Meadows has always been part of the Historic District. I picked up a copy of the HARC guidelines before I bought a house in Key West just to understand what the ground rules were.
The guidelines aren't bad - choosing to ignore them thinking a man's home is his castle is. If that's one's predilection, then yes - an outlying key is the place to land.
Upholding a tiny bit of history,
Chuck on Fleming (in 19th century structure)
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