A sandy beach in Coconut Grove?
It's been brought up that we need a beach in the Grove. Someone suggested out on one of the islands off Peacock Park or the Dinner Key area would be great for this. People could go back and forth by gondola or walking bridge or both.
The people who might benefit the most from this are the hotels, they can actually promote the Grove as having a sandy beach if this was to occur.
I'm just putting it out there.
The people who might benefit the most from this are the hotels, they can actually promote the Grove as having a sandy beach if this was to occur.
I'm just putting it out there.
posted by Tom Falco at 4:00 PM
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The Mandarin Oriental on Brickell Key has one and it's beautiful. It's frequently used for weddings and other special events. I think it's a great idea.
In this area sandy beaches don't occur, they have to be built and are just as much a development as a marina dockhouse. We should advocate bringing back natural waterfronts.
man i was just thinking this today when walking my dog down by dinner key today. would need to be an area slightly away from the docks/marinas so the water stays "clean" otherwise people wouldn't use it.
heck fisher island is all manmade beaches, works wonders for them.
i'd suggest off of peacock park but dunno if that would work.
In the true spirit of Coconut Grove, the beach should be Bathsuit optional.
I was at Dog Beach( Key Biscayne) today with two of my dogs. Love that place! We were thinking of a nice sandy people beach to goto. Let's work on it.
Brian Breslin,
You mean the Fisher Island that fronts on the Atlantic Ocean (not Biscayne Bay)and is a barrier island naturally given to accummulating sand, albeit with some added amounts over the years?
I've suggested that on multiple occasions here. They have cleaned up some of these little "islands" in front of us, (shake'a'leg plus volunteers and others); a diminutive example is at those apartment towers, out left off Keneddy Park, by the bridge. Dunno what permits would be required, who would pay, but many ideas include: Ticky Bar with Calypso, reggae music, basic seafood snacks, simple chairs, snorkeling trips, beach volley-ball, designated camping areas at some islands (front of Dinner Key and/or Peacock-Keneddy Parks), even some limited Winsurfing, skies, Canoing, or a simple fishing pier, rocks going out to the East, telescopes to star-gazing at night, coconut painting contests in the sand, you name it.
One way to keep it under control: you gotta get there by Kayak, small boats, swimming,,, no Ferry services.
we used to have beaches here. If i recall there was one outside peacock hotel.
If we want a beach though, we need to pressure the county and city to meet their obligations required under the CWA and install stormwater treatment units on all the stormdrain outflows to stop all the trash, oil and grease from continue to spew into our water. I am not sure there is even a single one in FL, while meanwhile even bankrupt CA has installed thousands of them.
anon 6:21 PM:
i think fisher island was made when they dredged the port and dumped the rock there. the sand i'm told is imported from the bahamas and groomed daily.
anon 6:21PM
i was right
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher_Island,_Florida
it is completely man made.
What a wonderful idea!!!
Look at Key West, all beaches there are man made and they are terrific!My vote is YES!!
Am I the only one who remembers Tahiti Beach when it was a beach? With cute little huts and dark sand? If my childhood memory is correct, seems like it was quite natural. But even fake is better than nothing.
Water Quality is bad, and there is a bout three feet of silt. The beaches on the islands might work, however we can groom and fix the islands. They did that to one island on Morningside. You used to only go over there with a kayak. And although Shake-a-leg cleaned up a few of the islands the cleanest and best kept was by Jose the bum who lived on the island. He had manicured coconut lawns and pathways. It was a sight to see.
Aside from that you would have to rip out Mangrove and DERM would never let it.
Yes, my mother took me to Tahiti Beach too back in the 1950's. It was just like the atoll pool at Matheson Hammock, but much cleaner.
I thought that they were doing precisely that on "Picnic Island," but work seems to have stalled. It is part of the Sasaki waterfront plan to have a recreation area on that island, either connected by a boardwalk or by rental canoes, or kayaks.
What a great idea!
We could Sail right in! How Devine
95% of us would be cut off from a beach on "the islands". Instead, let's rid of the stupid trees and boardwalk that plague Peacock Park. Give us beautiful bay view again that we enjoyed before the mangrove trees were planted in the 80's.
Sure, throw down some sand and call a beach if you like but for now, LET US SEE THE WATER !
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