Editing Key West (section)

==Geography==
{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Key West
 | North     = [[Gulf of Mexico]], [[Fleming Key]], [[Sigsbee Park]]
 | Northeast = [[Stock Island, Florida|North Stock Island]], [[Key Haven]]
 | East      = [[Stock Island, Florida|Stock Island]], [[Cow Key]]
 | Southeast = Atlantic Ocean
 | South     = Atlantic Ocean
 | Southwest = [[Gulf of Mexico]], Sand Key
 | West      = [[Gulf of Mexico]], [[Marquesas Keys]]
 | Northwest = [[Sunset Key]], [[Wisteria Island]]
}}

Key West is an island located at {{Coord|24.565176|N|81.775794|W|type:city_dim:100000_region:US|display=inline|format=dms}}<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |date=n.d. |access-date=February 16, 2020 |title=2010 Census U.S. Gazetteer Files – Places National |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623122411/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=June 23, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> in the [[Straits of Florida]]. The island is about {{convert|4|mi|km|0}} long and {{convert|1|mi|km|0}} wide, with a total land area of {{convert|4.2|sqmi|km2 acre|1}}.<ref name=IslandStats/> The average elevation above sea level is about {{convert|8|ft|m|1}} and the maximum elevation is about {{convert|18|ft|m|1}}, within a {{convert|1|acre|ha|0|adj=on|abbr=off}} area known as [[Solares Hill]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.srh.noaa.gov/key/HTML/staff.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060916191118/http://www.srh.noaa.gov/key/HTML/staff.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 16, 2006 |title= About NWS Key West |website=National Weather Service Forecast Office – WFO Key West, Florida |access-date=July 16, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=16831 |website=Peakbagger.com |title=Solares Hill |access-date=July 16, 2018}}</ref>

The city of Key West is the southernmost city in the [[contiguous United States]],<ref name=IslandStats/> and the island is the westernmost island connected by highway in the [[Florida Keys]]. The city boundaries include the island of Key West and several nearby islands, as well as the section of [[Stock Island, Florida|Stock Island]] north of [[U.S. Route 1 in Florida|U.S. Route 1]], on the adjacent key to the east. The total land area of the city is {{convert|5.6|sqmi|km2}}, with an additional {{convert|1.6|sqmi}} of surrounding water within the city limits.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022"/> [[Sigsbee Park]]{{emdash}}originally known as Dredgers Key{{emdash}}and [[Fleming Key]], both located to the north, and [[Sunset Key]] located to the west are all included in the city boundaries. Both Fleming Key and Sigsbee Park are part of [[Naval Air Station Key West]] and are inaccessible to the general public.

In the late 1950s, many of the large [[salt evaporation pond|salt ponds]] on the eastern side of the island were filled in. The new section on the eastern side is called New Town, which contains shopping centers, retail malls, residential areas, schools, [[Baseball park|ball parks]], and [[Key West International Airport]].

Key West and most of the rest of the Florida Keys are on the dividing line between the Atlantic Ocean and the [[Gulf of Mexico]]. The two bodies have different currents, with the calmer and warmer Gulf of Mexico being characterized by great clumps of [[seagrass]]. The shallow passage known as [[Hawk Channel]] lies directly south of the island and is conducive to the exchange of Gulf waters to the Atlantic via tidal currents.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ogden |first=John C. |title=Everglades: The Ecosystem and Its Restoration |date=1994 |publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]] |publication-date=1994 |pages=125 |language=en}}</ref> The area where the two bodies merge between Key West and Cuba is called the Straits of Florida. The warmest ocean waters anywhere on the United States mainland are found in the Florida Keys in winter, with sea surface temperatures averaging in the {{convert|75|-|77|F|C}} range in December through February.

Duval Street is the main street in Key West and is {{convert|1.1|mi|km}} in length in its 14-block-long crossing from the Gulf of Mexico to the Straits of Florida and the Atlantic Ocean.

Key West is closer to [[Havana]] (about {{convert|106|mi|km|disp=or|sp=us}} by air or sea)<ref name=AcmeMapper/> than it is to Miami ({{convert|130|mi|km|disp=or|sp=us}} by air or {{convert|165|mi|km|disp=or|sp=us}} by road).<ref name=chkdist>{{Cite web|url=https://check-distance.com/route/miami-fl/key-west-fl|title=Distance from Miami, FL to Key West, FL|language=en|access-date=2019-02-14}}</ref> Key West is the usual endpoint for [[Marathon swimming|marathon swims]] from Cuba, including [[Diana Nyad]]'s 2013 swim<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/115501-first-person-to-swim-from-cuba-to-florida-without-a-shark-cage-or-fins |title=First person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage or fins |work=[[Guinness World Records]] |access-date=March 23, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title = Diana Nyad defends Cuba-to-Florida swim as skeptics question use of gear|url = https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/sep/11/diana-nyad-defends-swim-from-skeptics|newspaper = The Guardian|date = 2013-09-11|access-date = 2016-01-28|issn = 0261-3077|language = en-GB|agency = Associated Press}}</ref> and [[Susie Maroney]]'s 1997 swim from within a shark cage.<ref>{{Cite web |author= |date=September 1, 2013 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/09/01/world/americas/diana-nyad-cuba-florida-swim/index.html |title=Diana Nyad's Cuba to Florida swim breaks one record |work=Cable News Network |access-date=March 23, 2018}}</ref>

===Notable places===
====Old Town====
{{stack|[[File:Key West 2008 (2338775214) b.jpg|thumb|St. Paul's Episcopal Church]]}}
The earliest Key West neighborhoods, on the western part of the island, are broadly known as [[Old Town (Key West)|Old Town]]. The [[Key West Historic District]] includes the major tourist destinations of the island, including [[Mallory Square]], Duval Street, the [[Truman Annex]], and [[Fort Zachary Taylor]]. Old Town is where the classic bungalows and guest mansions are found. [[Bahama Village]], southwest of Whitehead Street, features houses, churches, and sites related to its [[Afro-Bahamian]] history. [[The Meadows (Key West)|The Meadows]], lying northeast of the [[White Street Gallery District]], is exclusively residential.{{fact|date=September 2023}}

Many of the structures in Old Town date from 1886 to 1912. The basic features that distinguish the local architecture include wood-frame construction of one- to two-and-a-half-story structures set on foundation piers about {{convert|3|ft|m|0|spell=on|abbr=off|sp=us}} above the ground. Exterior characteristics of the buildings are peaked metal roofs, horizontal wood siding, [[gingerbread trim]], pastel shades of paint, side-hinged louvered shutters, covered porches (or balconies, galleries, or verandas) along the fronts of the structures, and wood lattice screens covering the area elevated by the piers.{{fact|date=September 2023}}

Some antebellum structures survive, including the Oldest (or Cussans-Watlington) House (1829–1836)<ref>{{Cite web|title = Old Island Restoration Foundation's Key West Oldest House Museum and Garden|url = http://oirf.org/page.php?p=history|access-date = 2016-01-05|archive-date = July 17, 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180717013141/http://oirf.org/page.php?p=history|url-status = dead}}</ref> and the John Huling Geiger House (1846–1849), now preserved as the [[Audubon House and Tropical Gardens]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = About the Audubon House – Audubon House & Tropical Gardens|url = http://audubonhouse.com/about-audubon-house/|website = Audubon House & Tropical Gardens|access-date = 2016-01-05|language = en-US|archive-date = January 6, 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160106192145/http://audubonhouse.com/about-audubon-house/|url-status = dead}}</ref> Fortifications such as [[Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park|Fort Zachary Taylor]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fort Zachary Taylor |url=http://www.fortzacharytaylor.com/history.html |website=Fortzacharytaylor.com |access-date=2016-01-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151212060214/http://www.fortzacharytaylor.com/history.html |archive-date=2015-12-12 }}</ref> the East Martello Tower,<ref>{{Cite web|title = Key West Art & Historical Society {{!}} Fort East Martello|url = http://www.kwahs.org/visit/fort-east-martello/|access-date = 2016-01-05}}</ref> and the [[West Martello Tower]],<ref>{{Cite web|title = Tower History|url = http://www.keywestgardenclub.com/Tower_History.html|access-date = 2016-01-05|archive-date = March 11, 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180311212554/http://www.keywestgardenclub.com/Tower_History.html|url-status = dead}}</ref> helped ensure that Key West would remain in Union control throughout the Civil War. Another landmark built by the federal government is the [[Key West Lighthouse]], now a museum.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Key West Art & Historical Society {{!}} Lighthouse & Keeper's Quarters|url = http://www.kwahs.org/visit/lighthouse-keepers-quarters/|access-date = 2016-01-05}}</ref>

Two of the most notable buildings in [[Old Town (Key West)|Old Town]], occupied by prominent 20th-century residents, are the [[Ernest Hemingway House]], where the writer lived from 1931 to 1939, and the [[Harry S. Truman Little White House]], where the president spent 175 days of his time in office.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Key West Museum History {{!}} Truman Little White House|url = http://www.trumanlittlewhitehouse.com/key-west/history-little-white-house-museum.htm|access-date = 2016-01-05}}</ref> Additionally, the residences of some historical Key West families are recognized on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] as important landmarks of history and culture, including the [[Dr. Joseph Y. Porter House|Porter House]] on [[Caroline Street (Key West)|Caroline Street]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/73000588 |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form for Dr. Joseph Y. Porter House |work=Npgallery.nps.gov |author=[[National Park Service]] |date=1973-06-04 |accessdate=2018-06-22 }}</ref> and the [[Eduardo H. Gato House|Gato House]] on Virginia Street.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/73000586 |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form for Eduardo H. Gato House |work=Npgallery.nps.gov |author=[[National Park Service]] |date=1973-04-11 |accessdate=2018-06-22 }}</ref>

Several historical residences of the Curry family remain extant, including the Benjamin Curry House, built by the brother of Florida's first millionaire, William Curry,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.keywesthistoricmarkertour.org/marker/449 |title=Marker Details – Key West Historic Markers Project |access-date=2024-03-06}}</ref> as well as the [[Southernmost House]] and the [[Fogarty Mansion (Fogarty House)|Fogarty Mansion]], built by the children of William Curry—his daughter Florida and son Charles, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.keywesthistoricmarkertour.org/marker/38 |title=Marker Details – Key West Historic Markers Project |access-date=2024-03-06}}</ref>

{{stack|[[File:Keywestcemetery.jpg|thumb|[[Key West Cemetery]] near [[Solares Hill]], the highest point of land on the island.]]}}
In addition to architecture, [[Old Town (Key West)|Old Town]] includes the [[Key West Cemetery]], founded in 1847,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/key-west-cemetery/ |title=Key West Cemetery |work=Keywesttravelguide.com |author=Key West Travel Guide, LLC |accessdate=2018-03-23 }}</ref> containing above-ground tombs, notable epitaphs, and a plot where some of the dead from the 1898 explosion of {{USS|Maine|ACR-1|6}} are buried.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.keywesttravelguide.com/key-west-cemetery-map-self-guided-tour/ |title=Key West Cemetery Map & Self-Guided Tour |work=Keywesttravelguide.com |author=Key West Travel Guide, LLC |accessdate=2018-03-23 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=US Army Quartermaster |year=1913 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IikSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA511 |title=US Army Quartermaster Report of 1912 |page=511 |publisher=US War Department |access-date=2018-03-23 }}</ref>

====Casa Marina====
The Casa Marina area takes its name from the Casa Marina Hotel, opened in 1921,<ref>{{Cite web|title = Key West Resorts – Waldorf Astoria Casa Marina Hotel – FL|url = http://www.casamarinaresort.com|access-date = 2016-01-05}}</ref> the neighborhood's most conspicuous landmark. The Reynolds Street Pier, Higgs Beach,<ref>{{Cite web|title = Monroe County, FL – Official Website – Higgs Beach|url = http://www.monroecounty-fl.gov/index.aspx?NID=235|access-date = 2016-01-05}}</ref> the [[West Martello Tower]], the White Street Pier, and Rest Beach line the waterfront.{{fact|date=September 2023}}

====Southernmost point in the United States====
{{See also|List of extreme points of the United States}}
One of the most popular attractions on the island is a concrete replica of a [[buoy]] at the corner of South and Whitehead Streets that claims to be the [[Southernmost point buoy|southernmost point]] in the [[contiguous United States]]. The point was originally marked with a basic sign. The city of Key West erected the current monument in 1983.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vacasa.com/usa/Florida/Key-West/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202160106/http://www.vacationrentalskeywest.com/keywesthistory.htm|url-status=dead|title=Key West Vacation Rentals, House Rentals {{pipe}} Professionally Cleaned|archivedate=December 2, 2008}}</ref> The monument was repainted after damage by [[Hurricane Irma]] in 2017, and is the most often photographed tourist site in the Florida Keys.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.wlrn.org/post/southernmost-point-buoy-key-west-shines-again|title=Southernmost Point Buoy In Key West Shines Again|last=O'Brien|first=Bridget|access-date=2018-12-02|language=en}}</ref>

{{stack|[[File:Southernmost point buoy, NE view.jpg|alt=|thumb|Southernmost point monument in Key West]]}}
Although the monument is labeled "Southernmost point continental U.S.A.", the actual southernmost point of Key West is Whitehead Spit, which is on the [[Truman Annex]] property just west of the buoy. The spit has no marker since it is on [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] land that cannot be entered by civilian tourists. The private property directly to the east of the buoy, and the beach areas of Truman Annex and [[Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park]], also lie farther south than the buoy. The southernmost point of the contiguous United States is [[Ballast Key]], a privately owned island just south and west of Key West. The southernmost location that the public can visit is the beach at Fort Zachary Taylor park.

The monument states "90 Miles to [[Cuba]]", although Key West and Cuba are actually about {{convert|95|smi|km nmi|abbr=off|sp=us}} apart at their closest points.<ref name=AcmeMapper/><ref name=NHS/> Note that the distance from the monument to [[Havana]] is, however, about {{convert|90|nmi|smi km|0|sp=us|abbr=off}}.<ref name=AcmeMapper/>

====Key West Library====
The first public library was officially established in 1853, which was housed in the then-Masonic Temple on Simonston Street, near where the federal courthouse is today. At the time, the first library president was James Lock, with the librarian being William Delaney. At the time, the library collected held 1,200 volumes for residents to access.{{fact|date=September 2023}}

In 1919, a hurricane destroyed the library. Key West residents moved the library to various locations across the island. The county took over and finally found a permanent location. The library's new location was found in 1959. It was built on Fleming Street, where it is still found today.{{fact|date=September 2023}}

====="Spoonbill"=====
In 1961, the Monroe County Library System sponsored a bookmobile, "Spoonbill", to service the entire Keys.<ref name="LitRolls">{{Cite web|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/115932306|title = Literature Rolls into Florida Keys| id={{ProQuest|115932306}} }}</ref> By 1962, "Spoonbill" was making stops in ten different Keys, over {{convert|100|mi|spell=in}}, from Key Largo in the North to Key West in the South.<ref name="LitRolls"/> Mrs. Barbara Banning was the driver-librarian, driving over {{convert|25000|mi}} in the first year and a half, circulating more than 28,000 titles.<ref name="LitRolls"/>

On Mondays, the "Spoonbill" would be loaded with books in Key West and Banning and her assistant, or volunteer, would drive up to Key Largo, Tavernier, and Islamorada, stopping for an hour in each location; Wednesdays the "Spoonbill" made stops in Marathon, Big Pine, Little Torch, and Summerland.<ref name="LitRolls"/>

On Thursdays, the "Spoonbill" would only travel {{convert|20|mi|spell=in}} from home base, making stops in Bay Point, Big Coppitt, and Gulf Rest. At Bay Point there was a popular children's story hour, servicing roughly three hundred school-age children and led by former kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Ernest Hense.<ref name="LitRolls"/>

=====Collection=====
The [[Key West Library]] has a collection of 70,000 items, including a letter from singer-songwriter [[Jimmy Buffett]]. Dated from October 22, 1984, the letter expresses gratitude for the library in giving inspiration for the songs he would eventually write, and for the [[air conditioning]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=O'Hara|first=Timothy|title=Key West Library All Set to Turn 60|work=Key West Citizen}}</ref> As of 2022, the Key West Library is a part of the [[Monroe County Public Library (Florida Keys)|Monroe County Public Library System]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Monroe County Public Library, Florida Keys |url=https://keyslibraries.org/about/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403052204/https://keyslibraries.org/about/ |archive-date=3 April 2023}}</ref>

===Notable residences===
====Little White House====
{{Main|Harry S. Truman Little White House}}
[[File:Key West FL HD Little White House04.jpg|thumb|The [[Harry S. Truman Little White House|Little White House]]]]
Several U.S. presidents have visited Key West with the first being [[Ulysses S. Grant]] in 1880, followed by [[Grover Cleveland]] in 1889, and [[William Howard Taft]] in 1912.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.wlrn.org/post/power-magnet-key-wests-long-history-presidential-visits|title=Power Magnet: Key West's Long History Of Presidential Visits|last=Klingener|first=Nancy|date=April 18, 2018|access-date=December 2, 2018|language=en}}</ref> Taft was the first president to use the first officer's quarters that would later be known as the Little White House.<ref name=tlwh>{{Cite web|url=https://www.trumanlittlewhitehouse.com/key-west/history-little-white-house-museum.htm|title=Truman Little White House {{!}} Key West Museum History|access-date=December 2, 2018}}</ref> [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] visited the Florida Keys many times, beginning in 1917.<ref name=":0" />

[[Harry S. Truman]] visited Key West for a total of 175 days on 11 visits during his presidency and visited five times after he left office. His first visit was in 1946.<ref name=tlwh2>{{Cite web |url=https://www.trumanlittlewhitehouse.com/key-west/former-president-truman-visits.htm |title=Truman Little White House {{!}} Truman Key West visits |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203055525/https://www.trumanlittlewhitehouse.com/key-west/former-president-truman-visits.htm |archive-date=December 3, 2018 |work=Truman Little White House. |access-date=December 2, 2018}}</ref> The [[Harry S. Truman Little White House|Little White House]] and [[Truman Annex]] take their names from his frequent and well-documented visits. The residence is also known as the Winter White House as Truman stayed there mostly in the winter months, and used it for official business such as the [[Truman Doctrine]].<ref name=tlwh3>{{Cite web |url=https://www.trumanlittlewhitehouse.com/key-west/florida-white-house-media.htm |title=Truman Little White House {{!}} Media center |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927162913/https://www.trumanlittlewhitehouse.com/key-west/florida-white-house-media.htm |archive-date=September 27, 2018 |work=Truman Little White House |access-date=December 2, 2018}}</ref>

[[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] stayed at the Little White House following a heart attack in 1955.<ref name=":0" /> [[John F. Kennedy]] visited Key West in March 1961, and in November 1962, a month after the resolution of the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]]. [[Jimmy Carter]] visited the Little White House twice with his family after he had left office, in 1996 and 2007.<ref name=tlwh2/>

====Ernest Hemingway house====
{{Main|Ernest Hemingway House}} [[File:Hemingway House Key West FL1.jpg|thumb|The [[Ernest Hemingway House]]]]
Legend has it that [[Ernest Hemingway]] wrote part of ''[[A Farewell to Arms]]'' while living above the showroom of a Key West [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Car dealership|dealership]] at 314 Simonton Street<ref>{{Google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=314+Simonton+Street,+Key+West,+Fl&ll=24.558365,-81.802783&spn=0.026074,0.05197&om=1 |title=314 Simonton Street, Key West, Fl |access-date=January 27, 2015}}</ref> while awaiting delivery of a [[Ford Model A (1927)|Ford Model A]] [[Roadster (automobile)|roadster]] purchased by the uncle of his wife [[Pauline Pfeiffer|Pauline]] in 1928.<ref>{{cite book|title=Hemingway's Key West |first=Stuart B. |last=McIver |publisher=Pineapple Press Inc |isbn=978-1-56164-241-0 |year=2002 |page=7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7Y3VpdaWgKoC}}</ref>

Hardware store owner Charles Thompson introduced him to deep-sea fishing. Among the group who went fishing was Joe Russell (also known as [[Sloppy Joe's|Sloppy Joe]]). Some scholars believe Russell was the model for Freddy in ''[[To Have and Have Not]]''.<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://sloppyjoes.com/history/|title=Sloppy Joe's...Yesterday|date=June 27, 2012|access-date=2019-12-04}}</ref> The group had nicknames for each other, and Hemingway wound up with "Papa".

Pauline's rich uncle Gus Pfeiffer bought the [[Ernest Hemingway House|907 Whitehead Street house]]<ref>{{Google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=907+Whitehead+Street,+Key+West,+Fl&ll=24.551105,-81.800466&spn=0.026076,0.05197&om=1 |title=907 Whitehead Street, Key West, Fl |access-date=January 27, 2015}}</ref> in 1931 as a wedding present. The Hemingways installed a swimming pool for $20,000 in 1937–38 (equivalent to about ${{Formatprice|{{Inflation|US-GDP|20000|1938|{{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}). The unexpectedly high cost prompted Hemingway to put a [[penny]] in the wet cement of the patio, saying, "Here, take the last penny I've got!" The penny is at the north end of the pool.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hemingwayhome.com/his-life |title=Hemingway – The Legend |work=hemingwayhome.com |access-date=December 2, 2018}}</ref>

During his stay he wrote or worked on ''[[Death in the Afternoon]]'', ''[[For Whom the Bell Tolls]]'', ''[[The Snows of Kilimanjaro (story)|The Snows of Kilimanjaro]]'', and ''[[The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber]]''. He used Depression-era Key West as one of the locations in ''[[To Have and Have Not]]''—his only novel with scenes that occur in the United States.

[[File:Polydactylcat.jpg|thumb|A [[polydactyl cat]] with seven toes at Hemingway's house]]
The six- or seven-toed [[Polydactyl cat|polydactyl]] cats descended from Hemingway's original pet "Snowball" still live on the grounds and are cared for at the Hemingway House, despite complaints by the [[U.S. Department of Agriculture]] that they are not kept free from visitor contact. The Key West City Commission has exempted the house from a law prohibiting more than four domestic animals per household.

Pauline and Hemingway divorced in 1939; Hemingway only occasionally visited when returning from Havana until his suicide in 1961.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}

====Tennessee Williams house====
[[Tennessee Williams]] first became a regular visitor to Key West in 1941 and is said to have written the first draft of ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (play)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' while staying in 1947 at the La Concha Hotel. He bought a permanent house in 1949 and listed Key West as his primary residence until his death in 1983. In contrast to Hemingway's grand house in Old Town, the Williams home at 1431 Duncan Street<ref>{{google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=1431+Duncan+Street,+Key+West,+Fl&ll=24.555906,-81.786261&spn=0.026075,0.05197&om=1 |title=1431 Duncan Street, Key West, Fl |access-date=January 27, 2015}}</ref> in the "unfashionable" New Town neighborhood is a very modest bungalow. The house is privately owned and not open to the public. The Academy Award-winning film version of his play ''[[The Rose Tattoo]]'' was shot on the island in 1956. The Tennessee Williams Theatre is located on the campus of Florida Keys Community College on Stock Island.<ref>{{Google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=5901+College+Road,+Key+West,+Fl&ll=24.577217,-81.746521&spn=0.02607,0.05197&om=1 |title=5901 College Road, Key West, Fl |access-date=January 27, 2015}}</ref>

Though Hemingway and Williams lived in Key West at the same time, they reportedly met only once—at Hemingway's home in Cuba, [[Finca Vigía]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/jun/09/cuba.humanities|title=Our men in Havana|last=Dundy|first=Elaine|date=2001-06-09|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-06-24|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

===Port of Key West===
{{main|Port of Key West}}
[[File:Carnival Dream Key West 2022.jpg|alt=A cruise ship docked at Pier B in Key West|thumb|A cruise ship docked at Pier B in Key West]]
The first [[cruise ship]] to adopt the port was the ''[[Norwegian Cruise Line|Sunward]]'' in 1969. It docked at Pier B, which was owned at that time by the U.S. Navy.

In 1984, the city opened a cruise terminal at [[Mallory Square]]. The decision was met with opponents who claimed that it would disrupt the tradition of watching the sunset at Mallory Square.<ref name=":02">{{Cite book |last=Nicholas |first=Stephen |title=A Chronological History of Key West: A Tropical Island City |publisher=Key West Images of the Past, Inc |year=1989 |asin=B00071OYLI}}</ref>

Today, the Port of Key West includes Key West Bight, Garrison Bight at City Marina, as well as three docks that could be used by cruise ships.<ref name=":02" />