The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 25, 1952, Page 9

Saturday, October 25, 1952 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page $ $2,000,000 Rosen Resort To Have Yachtels, Marina Roosevelt Blvd. *— $100,000 Restaurant To Go Up On Roosevelt Blvd. Devt. Building To Begin Soon Chas. Rosen Says By SUSAN MCAVOY Real Estate Editor A yacht marina and yachtels for seagoing visitors will be the brand new feature of the $2,000,000 Roose- velt bouleyard luxury development being established by youthful Charles Rosen, Chuck’s Sandwich chain founder and owner. Rosen told me last week that in dredging the waters of the 20 acre tract he has leased and op- tioned for needed mar! fill, he will make a channel sufficiently deep for good sized yachts. More than that the enterprising businessman plans to include all facilities for cruising yachtsmen in the 20 acre development. Modelling the yacht harbor after the Pompano beach yacht basin and yachtel, Rosen plans to have his 100 unit yachtel fitted for voy- gers on the sea as well as mo- torists on the highway. $100,000 RESTAURANT First permit for the development will be for the $100,000 restaurant being built by Rosen. That permit expected this week is the signal for the luxurious yet useful com- munity to start, At the corner of Sigsbee park road and the boule- vard, Rosen has only 100 by 400 feet of the area filled at present. ‘This hts done by owners Claude Gandolfo and Howard Wilson who have leased that and five acres of bay bottom land to the Miami entrepreneur for 99 years. Rosen has an option on 15 more acres. The Rosen development will ri- wal anything on the Keys in its facilities for the traveller. Yachts- men wo have consistently passed by Key West on their cruises be- cause of a lack of facilities will tow make the Southernmost city @ regular stop. The yachting trade now goes to Marathon which has magnificent docking and other facilities for yachts. It will be able to stop at the brand new marina, when Ro- | sen finishes his construction. YACHT MARINA PLANNED A marina includes facilities for supplying a yacht with gas, fresh water near, and power outlets, as well as protected slips for tying | up boats in foul as well as fair weather, On Florida’s East coast today, Bahia Mar at Fort Lauderdale and Pompano’s yachtel provide the taurant “Chuck's.” convenience, The Rosen development will in- | clude not only a restaurant and 100 unit motel, but a cabana club and a swimming pool, package kind of model that Rosen is look- | ing toward, These resort basins include marine supply stores,: gro- eery stores and showers for yachts- men who prefer to live on their | store and cocktail lounge. It is the yachting facilities, how- jever, that hold out the brightest |hope for capturing a ‘whole new | ‘group, the innumerable sportsmen WHEN IT’S TIME FOR AN ADDITION OF FOR THAT NEW HOME U WANT M. E. BENNETT CONSTRUCTION CO. RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION ... REPAIRS FREE &S TIMATES ARCHITECTURAL SERVICE AVAILABLE a4 DUVAL PHONE 2187 The Royal Palms APARTMENTS Accepting Applications Now Furvished and Unfurnished 2 Bedroom Aparimenis FIRST STREET and PATTERSON AVENUE | pied | boats in port, lockers and every eee would definitely use Key West | |as-a base were there facilities for | them. KEY WEST HARBOR PLANS The City of Key West has been trying for years to get started on | building a municipal dock out in 1 City owned Garrison Bight. It has | gotten as far a marl spit extend- ling into the Bight. Everytime Ci-| ty Manager Dave King starts ci- ty workmen and equipment to com- plete the task, a sewer breaks down, and the men and machines | | must be diverted to the emergency. The Key West. Yacht club, a group of prominent, chiefly non- yacht owning men, meets Satur- days and has made some progress toward planning a yacht club. They have filled an area out near Hilton Haven and near the city’s | docks, Financing seems to be the bot- tleneck holding up the acceptance ‘of drawings and the green light on building. There has been talk for years of a Key West Yacht club built and maintained by Key Westers, remains in the state of discussion according to members. The only headquarters of these yachtsmen in past years has been the magni- ficent old Curry and Sons ljand- mark on the waterfront, Garrison Bight which could be a yacht harbor is at present occu chiefly by charter boats There are no slips with protection from weather, facilities for gassing up and watering, and power to service visiting or local yachts- men, Two Key West boat owners Ed. win Trevor and Dr. J. A. Valdez | tie up their craft at Casa Roma 3. Y. Porter moors his “Cactus” in the Bight, Al Mills used to keep his cabin cruiser ia The majority of small craft own ers have to take their boats te , water's edge by trailer, and pa them in their garages or back yards. As for visiting yachtsmen, they tie up at most for a day or so at Galf Porter docks where they can obtain fuel and water only. If they want a shower they have to come into town, check inte a hotel. if they went marine supplies they have to run around by cab to any one of several stores. If they want to shop they have to take another cab to still another part of town. The concentration of facilities } from slips to showers in the Rosen | development will be the biggest sea-going tourist sttraction ever undertaken in Key West. cd ts many Cmes grea im the unstable at The project at present | the Bight. | THE FIRST BUILDING OF THE NEW CHARLES ROSEN DEVELOPMENT on Roosevelt | Designed by Mercedes and Harold Bennett of Miami, it will go up on part of the fiv 15 more acres. Yachtels and all facilities for yachtsmen are planned for the resort. ‘Ports Conclave In Havana Points ‘To South’s Rise | Astonishing growth of the South jeastern U. S. both in indus and ‘agriculture was given at a South jAtlantic Ports conference held in j Havana last week. Dr, Leon Williams. jecommerce of the } Authority, Atlanta “There has been vast progress in our area since the end oi World War i, “To give you some | growth, in the 1951 there was new construction started at the | rate of a million doliar plant every working day, and in 1952, this ave age is running still higher, most doubled.” Williams told ne | Southeast’s develop both agricultural lines. The ports conference i. of representa’ tives s of pc ous cities alo: > Sot It ope: on foreign Among ports Miami, Port Beach, Brun Morehead City, nah, director of Georgia Ports of the and coast Tue sented (County Building Inspector To Issue Permits iiding Inspector Don making his first j% inspect con The new! works out of the ¢ Tax Collecter Clade Ga When he does make his four of Monroe ¢ y. he inform builders that all ted since October 1, must pay $2 per $1,000 valuation on new cons truction or om material alterations te buildings. The appointment of the bu inspector, plus the zor jStock Island at the last mecting of the County Commission are two signs pointing tow an eventual building code for the Keys. At present siete regulations are fice of ( iage By Commsticoer rooming houses, hotels and motels. There are 198 restaurants in the ‘| county with a capacity for feeding 8,340 persons at one time. The county has 110 motels with 1,821 rooms; 8 apartments with 1,255 rooms and 16 hotels with 879 rooms. The leading counties in the’ state in food and lodging facilities are Dade county with 8,239 rooming places with 214,524 rooms and 2,828 restaurants with a seating capacity of 171,225. Pinellas county has 4,070 lodging houses with 60,323 rooms. No. Of Rooms In Monroe Co. Is At Peak Monroe county has more rent- able rooms and restaurants that can feed more people at one time than ever in history, according to the Florida Hotel and Restaurant Commission. The county’s increase in tourist capacity is matched by a state- wide increase. The Commission closed its books on September 30 releasing figures that show there are 676 more places with rental rooms than. in 1951, and 91 more restaurants in the state. Here in Monroe county there are 5,426 rental rooms in apartments, Overweight people are more apt to have high blood pressure, statis- ticians of the Metropolitan Life In- surance Co. have discovered. The first sugar mill on the North American continent is believed to have been established by Cortez in rae | For Any Type of Building S. H. DRUDGE GENERAL CONTRACTOR Key West’s oldest, continveus contractor. Established 22 yeers. Over 700 contracts completed without a forteit. Including, Motel, Store frents, Homes, Apartments, Roofing and Remodeling. 3410 AVE E. PHONE 2087-J EQUIPMENT TO RENT Concrete Mixer... Wheel Barrows... Compressor and Hammer... 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