Editing Key Biscayne, Florida (section)

===Richard Nixon compound===
{{Main|Nixon's Florida White House}}
In 1969, [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Richard Nixon]] purchased the first of his three waterfront homes, forming a compound known as the [[Nixon's Florida White House|Florida White House]], to be near his close friend and confidant [[Bebe Rebozo]], owner of Key Biscayne Bank, and industrialist [[Robert Abplanalp]], inventor of the [[Aerosol spray dispenser|modern spray can]] valve. Rebozo was indicted for laundering a $100,000 donation from [[Howard Hughes]] to Nixon's election campaign. Presidents Kennedy and Nixon met for the first time after Nixon's [[1960 United States presidential election|1960 presidential campaign]] defeat in an oceanfront villa at the old Key Biscayne Hotel. 

Plans for the break-in at the [[Democratic National Committee]] headquarters in the [[Watergate complex]] were discussed at Nixon's Key Biscayne compound and, as the [[Watergate scandal]] unfolded, Nixon retreated into seclusion there with greater regularity. Between 1969 and 1973, he visited Key Biscayne over 50 times. The [[United States Department of Defense|U.S. Department of Defense]] spent $400,000 constructing a helicopter landing pad in [[Biscayne Bay]] adjacent to his compound; when Nixon later sold the property, including the helicopter pad, there were public accusations that he had enriched himself at taxpayer expense.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}