by Barbatra Bowers
Change, as in “to make
radically different,” is the antithesis
to preservation, which
according to Webster’s New
Collegiate Dictionary means “to
keep safe from injury, harm or
destruction; to protect.”
Of course, in a museum
town like Key West, where
federal, state and local laws
protect the largest contiguous
historic district in the country,
change happens. Regularly. So
is it even reasonable to expect
a 30-acre landfill in Key West
Harbor—a.k.a. Christmas Tree/
Wisteria Island—to remain the
same?
At the moment, it’s a privately
owned island in Monroe
County. But at its next meeting,
the City of Key West is considering
annexing it, a change that
would alter the current building
potential from the county’s two
or three house regulation. If, say,
Christmas Tree Island becomes
zoned by Key West the same
way Jabour’s Trailer Court was
zoned, you can look forward to
at least 660 new homes.
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