Hey, Bartender
Juke box playin' and everything, All the cats began to sing, I heard somebody called and said LAST ROUND FOR ALCOHOL- Floyd Dixon The House of Bourbon is an unusual place. Yacht basin at night Derelict motel across the way. It sits atop the Shrimp Boat restaurant which has been there for about 10 years. The property was originally an old school Florida seafood place and fell into such disrepair by the 1990s it was unsafe to go near. Smith's yacht basin had some sunken boats in it, and the whole area received Community Redevelopment Area (C.R.A.) funding. It was redeveloped into a beautiful building by the son of the original owner. I remember him showing me the plans and thinking how it would improve the St. Andrews corridor of Beck Avenue. It helped spur a renaissance in the area, but then, it fell into receivership. The bank hired a property management company to run it until it was sold to By The Seas Resorts, an up-and-...
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