weathers great ... wish you were here!

[Johntrip]

All I need is a fishin rod and a cold beer !!

[BlownCrewCab]

Where's that??? Stiltsville?? A friends dad when I was younger had a place out there, friggin awesome. especially if you like eating "Fresh Fish". also, you should have brought the Beer and fishing pole with you...

[Johntrip]

LOL.... It is Stiltsville.

[McGary911]

That's pretty cool. Where's the 7-11?

[Marlin275]

I saw that place as a kid in 1964.
I thought it was a great idea.
The houses were real run down back then.
Much nicer today.
but time is running against them . . .

In seventy plus years, "the flats" have seen the stilts houses come and go;
but the community of Stiltsville has remained the same since Crawfish Eddie decided it was a nice spot to anchor.
On August 28, 1998, the Florida National Register Review Board voted unanimously to recommend the Stiltsville site to the National Register of Historic Places.

Seven months later, on March 18, 1999, the National Register of Historic Places denied the application based on the fact that the remaining seven houses
were under 50 years old.

As a result of the denied application, the National Park Service, owner of the land since 1980, will not renew the bay bottom leases that the houses stand on after July 1,1999. They have issued a mandatory removal of all structures.

This one of a kind collection...is culturally significant because they have captured the public imagination and become an enduring part of the folklore of South Florida.

You can support Stiltsville by signing the online petition.

http://www.stiltsville.org/pages/petition.html

If you have any pictures or memorabilia about Stiltsville, please contact us at info@stiltsville.org

[Ghost]

Marlin, good call on posting that--I went looking earlier today and the site was very interesting.

[Johntrip]

Thanks Marlin... The boat club will appreciate your efforts!!

http://www.stiltsville.org/history/historyp5.html

http://www.stiltsville.org/pages/sos.html

[gcarter]

Thanks for posting John.
I've never seen Stiltsville, but by reading many of Carl Hiaasen's very funny detective novels, I fell like I know it intimately.
For those of you who may not be aware, Carl Hiaasen is a columnist for the Miami Herald who also has written a series of extremely funny detective novels. The hero owns a house in Stiltsville. Some of his books have been made into movies like "Striptease", and "Skin Tight" was the idea behind "Nip Tuck".
Thanks again John.