Atlantic Shores Is History

The picture on the front page of today's Citizen says it all. Atlantic Shores, a counter culture hotel that hosted Tea Dances, a clothing optional pier, movie nights, fundraisers, and special events and also offered "reasonable" in season hotel rates has been demolished. In its place, will rise a new hotel with $350 a night rooms and a new name, the Southernmost at the Beach Resort. That's "progress" -- change -- in Key West.

Somehow, it seems symbolic of what is happening to the rest of the Island, and it doesn't feel good. Oh well, I guess we're just getting old.

Thankfully the Green Parrot is still here, and we can still walk.