Construction sites pop up around time from time to time, proving Key West's resilience even as the national penchant for recessionary economics continues Up North. 
This building on First at Flagler has been a wreck as long as I can remember. They announced big plans in the newspaper and now the building is coming back. Faith in the future is all it takes... And this place below that used to be...and before that was...has a little sign on the door at Simonton and Truman announcing the imminent arrival of the Bangla Deli. I was never a great fan of the original Deli at this location though many were. Eat N Grinn never made it onto my radar, which is tough to do in a town with many decent places to eat of long standing and fairly certain reliability. However if Bangla Deli comes to fruition and offers Indian food (or Bengali food or whatever from the Indian subcontinent) my wife will form a line out the door.
Despite the lack of convenient parking. Scaffolding means construction:
What comes next here who knows. I shall be interested to see what happens to the former sail loft. The empty building next door has two sets of development fans, if you read the anonymous comments in the paper. I'm with the brew pub contingent as I can't bowl to save my life. Where I grew up in Italy we rode mopeds owing to the severe shortage of bowling alleys.
On the other hand I know tons of people miss the old bowling alley on South Roosevelt so I suppose I won't whine too much if that is what comes to the former Waterfront Market. Perhaps the former Geislin sailmaker's loft will expand the market space. Perhaps not.
I had thought the new dorms at the Florida Keys Community College were going to appear in the parking lot behind the cafeteria but instead the much more sensible idea seems to have taken root to stick them in the very back of the college next to the Public Safety training g building which also houses the dive school. This last legacy of the Landesberg-Boyle administration is coming along nicely and should help the school attract students from out of state. Onwards and Upwards!
This building on First at Flagler has been a wreck as long as I can remember. They announced big plans in the newspaper and now the building is coming back. Faith in the future is all it takes... And this place below that used to be...and before that was...has a little sign on the door at Simonton and Truman announcing the imminent arrival of the Bangla Deli. I was never a great fan of the original Deli at this location though many were. Eat N Grinn never made it onto my radar, which is tough to do in a town with many decent places to eat of long standing and fairly certain reliability. However if Bangla Deli comes to fruition and offers Indian food (or Bengali food or whatever from the Indian subcontinent) my wife will form a line out the door.Despite the lack of convenient parking. Scaffolding means construction:What comes next here who knows. I shall be interested to see what happens to the former sail loft. The empty building next door has two sets of development fans, if you read the anonymous comments in the paper. I'm with the brew pub contingent as I can't bowl to save my life. Where I grew up in Italy we rode mopeds owing to the severe shortage of bowling alleys.
On the other hand I know tons of people miss the old bowling alley on South Roosevelt so I suppose I won't whine too much if that is what comes to the former Waterfront Market. Perhaps the former Geislin sailmaker's loft will expand the market space. Perhaps not.I had thought the new dorms at the Florida Keys Community College were going to appear in the parking lot behind the cafeteria but instead the much more sensible idea seems to have taken root to stick them in the very back of the college next to the Public Safety training g building which also houses the dive school. This last legacy of the Landesberg-Boyle administration is coming along nicely and should help the school attract students from out of state. Onwards and Upwards!
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I like to see renovation a whole lot more than new construction. Around here they keep vomiting out sub-developments. The center of town is nice, but apparently it's so nice that people are willing to live 20 minutes out and commute in on an antiquated infrastructure for it.
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It's great that the building on Flager is being renovated. It has looked like it would fall down under its own weight for years.
they said they were going to renovate the place and they were all over it beavering away.
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