The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-03-12
CRY PLANNING AND KEY VESTS HARBoR

Every phase Of City Planning is of interest to
Key West, but the most important question must
have to do with proper, legitimate, far-seeing
development of her harbor property and her
wonderful waterfront.
With the characteristic progressiveness of the
Key West Women's Club president and her capable
co-workers, resolution favoring zoning and City
and thus has the road been opened for the real
beginning of work which in two years, and even
less, will rebound to the lasting credit of the
of this city, and to the city officials upon whom
will devoive the details of paving the way and
passing law, and forever to the city itself.
In this work, in this ordinance which The Citi-
firmly believes is soon to come, the feature of
waterfront must not be let go astray. Our climate
is an asset which we have and cannot lose. Our
harbor front is destined to be an asset where most
Of it now is dump. As the tip of Florida grows
greater demands will be made upon transportation
facilities, not alone for people, but for the supply
ing of their wants. The stuck-in-the-channeI or
stuck-on-the-bar complexities of Miami harbor are
disconcerting. In Key West harbor these chances
for trouble are almost nil. Key West has docks of
splendid workmanship and design-the Porter
Docks, the East Coast Docks are specific. examples
which man has made to show what elsewhere also
can be done.
A Key West zoning and Planning ordinance
will prepare for businesslike and forward-ooking
dockage layout. It will operate to clear out the
rubbish, to dredge and build wharves and finger
piers; to deepen the harbor where needed It will
locate and tentatively lay out oil storage tanks in
safe and easily attainable areas from the main
channelways. 1t viii undoubtedly designate a
single fish pier-and the suggestion is not pure
fancy that upon this fish pier City Aquarium
should be maintained of such size and architectural
construction to be matter of glowing pride to
the municipality.
The turtle crawls would be an integral part of
this pier, and it might not be amiss to concentrate
the sponging boats in the locality and thus segre
gate associated leading sea industries in one area.
al OF this the Key West zoning md Planning
ordinance would and can and win do in a regular,
reasonable and an orderly way. Thus win harbor-
front chaos be obliterated, and beauty take its
place. It has been done elsewhere, and city plann-
ing can bring to Key West the best harbor and the
best-aid-Out harbor equipment. the best arranged
and the most practicable harbor-front service rail
way, with spurs as required to every dock and the
most attractive water-terminal warehouses (why
not of substantial stucco design?) of any NUM-
cipality in this state.
The opportunity is here--a golden opportunity
brought to US from the progressive North without
price, yet priceless brought to us by an unselfsh
friend of this city who has had experience in City
Planning and can see far better than can we what
is lacking and what is needed here. This oppor-
tunity the Key West Women's Club has seized upon
and The Citizen knows it win be put through be-
cause Womens Clubs in many of the cities and
towns of this country in recent years respons-
ible for having put Zoning through.
May every success attend the Women's Club,
and may their representative to the National Con-
ference of City Planners, so shortly to be held in
St Petersburg, return with wealth of informa-
ton that must prove Of untold value to our ethyl