#dinner key

[cutlassandcompass]

Dinner Key Marina, Miami

[paraparaparadigm]

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[seanmccaughan]

A few years ago at Curbed Miami, I wrote about the Chart House, a waterfront restaurant in Coconut Grove that had been around for years but was up for demolition along with the longtime local hangout Scotty’s Landing, in the wake of the redevelopment of the Coconut Grove Waterfront.

While most of the public attention was focused on the future of Scotty’s, on Curbed I asked if the architecturally interesting Chart House was worth preservation, and investigated the architect of the building who, as a Curbed reader discovered, was the Hawaii-based architect Joe Lancor, who designed many Chart Houses (it was part of a chain of fine dining establishments) across the country, each one of them interesting and unique.

The building was a low slung structure shaped like a pelican with its wings outstretched, perhaps referencing the aeronautical history of the area. (City Hall, nearby, was formerly the Pan Am Seaplane Base) with views out to Biscayne Bay under deep eves. The atmospheric interior, meant to feel cozy and intimate, was lightened with skylights, creating dramatic juxtapositions of light and dark spaces. Natural woods were offset with raw concrete walls. It really was quite stunning.

The Chart House was demolished last week. Photographer Larry Shane explored the site and the half-destroyed remnants of the one beautiful restaurant mid-demolition and was kind enough to share his photographs with The Big Bubble.

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Coconut Grove's Organic Mod Chart House Restaurant Was Just Demolished A few years ago at Curbed Miami, I wrote about the Chart House, a waterfront restaurant in Coconut Grove that had been around for years but was up for demolition along with the longtime local hangout Scotty's Landing, in the wake of the redevelopment of the Coconut Grove Waterfront.

[oldflorida]

Passengers aboard a Commodore seaplane - Miami, Florida,1930

"With this Commodore-type Clipper (first of the Full fledged seaplanes) PAA opened service to Kingston, Jamaica in December 1930. The Commodore (a twin-engined aircraft) played an important role in the development of many of the pioneer, international airline's routes). Flights were made from the Dinner Key seaplane base in Miami." State Archives of Florida

[oldflorida]

"A Sikorsky-designed clipper flying boat of Pan American World Airways prepares to go flying down to Rio from its Dinner Key base." 1938, State Archives of Florida

[mainship]

Made it! jjjj

We made it to Dinner Key Marina, Coconut Grove (Miami) in 7 hours with 8 knots (1800RPM) and this time through Angelfish Creek. So happy to be back in the ICW. So tomorrow we don't rest and go to Peter's favorite Marina, Bahia Mar in Ft. Lauderdale. The next day West Palm Beach, where we stay 2 nights to get a rest after waiting for 11 bridges to be opened. After that "bridge marathon" cruise fellows our favorite marina, Vero Beach City Marina. juhuuuuuu 

Heute sind wir nun endlich in Dinner Key Marina, nach 7 Stunden Fahrt via Angelfish Creek angekommen. Der erste Delfin kam uns auch schon begruessen. jjj Morgen gehts weiter im Kuestenkanal, hier ein Link dazu: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Intracoastal_Waterway bis nach Ft. Lauderdale, Peter's Lieblingshafen, Bahia Mar. Am Mittwoch gehts unter 11 zu oeffnenden Bruecken weiter bis nach West Palm Beach und dort warten wir mal das kalte Wetter ab. brrrrrr Huebi hol die Ziepfelkappe raus! Am Freitag dann weiter nach Vero Beach City Hafen und so langsam aber sicher kommen wir wieder in heimische Gefilde.