Pristine Land Family's Gift to Key Biscayne; Crandon Park a Beach Refuge From Chaos and Condos of South Florida
The Columbian › August 02, 2004
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KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. - On this blue-sky, breeze-rippled day, the air is so clear that peering eastward from Crandon Park beach you think you can glimpse the future.
The future must be what Hugh Matheson Sr. contemplated when in 1940 he and his siblings gave this more than 2-mile stretch of real estate, between the bay and the ocean, to the people of Dade County.See the full content of this document
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Pristine Land Family's Gift to Key Biscayne; Crandon Park a Beach Refuge From Chaos and Condos of South Florida
Had it not been for the gift, this broad band of beach on Key Biscayne would be another eye-jarring wall of concrete, another towering human anthill.
Instead, it's a natural spa, a deep-water pool, a tanning salon, an al fresco dining spot for generations of families.At least once a month, Bruce Matheson, grandson of Hugh Matheson Sr., still visits the park, which forms the north end of the island that is approximately 4.5 miles long...See the full content of this document
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