In my post about Third Street South and The Palm Cottage, I told you a little bit about Old Naples; that part of the city that has been around longest before everything built up towards the east and north. South and west of Old Naples is water. In this post I am focusing on the homes of this area.
I tried to collect a collage of images that portray the beauty and diversity of this area. There are a few small cottages that have not been kept up over the years but most of the homes are well tended. This is very expensive real estate and the homes stay in families through generations. Some have been sold off and very (read very) large homes built with guest cottages bigger than the original home. These are mostly along the gulf and I didn’t photograph them. Some cottages have been torn down and small condominiums built – usually they maintain the atmosphere of the neighborhood.
I also tried to protect the privacy of these people – except when I went snooping down alleys. There are a lot of people walking around this part of Naples because it is three blocks from the gulf beach and next to the restaurants and shops of Thirds Street South. You can enjoy the detail of each image in a slide show by clicking on any photo.
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I enjoying exploring some posts in my Reader, and found LuAnn’s post (Paint Your Landscape) on visiting Naples. Hearing her description of Naples stimulated my curiosity about some of my old posts about the city so I went back for a look-see. I realized that I have been having so much fun at the Botanical Garden that I have forgotten all that is so beautiful in other parts of my down-south Dot on the Map. Here is one of my old favorites – that comes with a promise to start spending time walking the streets of Naples with camera around my neck.
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Makes me want to explore. Always wonder what the history is of the people who lived there.
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Pat, you are talking about Naples, Florida, right? If so, my parents have a place in Fort Myers Beach and we’re going down to visit them in April and we’ll probably find our way to Naples one day. I should remember this about Old Naples. Thanks for dropping by my blog. From the Upper Peninsula, Kathy
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Yes, this is Naples Florida. You will really enjoy Naples. Fifth Avenue and the beach are really fun places to explore. Also Tin City is fun. They are all very close, right at the curve where US 41 turns to the east. I will look forward to seeing your posts of your visit to SW Florida.
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We’ve eaten at Tommy Bahamas before, and visited the theater in Naples. And probably walked Fifth Avenue. Do you live there full time all year round?
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We only live here four months a year. The summers are too hot and we like Michigan too much to give it up. 😉
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Where in Michigan do you live?
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Jackson – about an hour south of Lansing and west of Ann Arbor.
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I know where Jackson is. My husband and I went to school at MSU (along with our daughter) and our son went to U of M. And I am from the Thumb of Michigan originally before we moved way up here to the UP.
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You are very brave people!
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Lovely photos of a lovely place. I like walking through that part of Naples. The very, very big houses along the gulf? They don’t have any sense of human scale to them!
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So right, Anne. They have no interest for me at all.
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A cozy feel to this post! 🙂
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Thanks – I think that is what I was trying to portray. Although Naples has all the amenities of a large city, it really has the feel of a small town.
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Florida has never been somewhere I have remotely interested in visiting. Your posts are making think I should be changing my mind.
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Florida has a lot of different looks from east to west and north to south. We had visited Naples in January for 30 years or so and my parents lived in northern Florida. We didn’t think we could afford to live here but were having a hard time finding anywhere else that we would want to live for the winter months. We are incredibly happy here.
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What a lovely place. I love viewing the uniqueness of neighborhoods.
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Me, too. And it is fun to find images that capture the unique feel of a place. Thanks for the checking me out. 🙂
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That’s a very spotless neighborhood, nicely captured through your lens. One can see why you’re a snowbird in Napoli…Florida, that is. 🙂
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Thanks so much. I just found a couple of your comments in my spam. I unspammed you! The contrast between the barren north and Naples is huge – we are very happy here.
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I visited an aunt (years ago) in Naples…these are lovely shots. I can feel the warmth and smell the scent of the flowers….
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I’m so glad you were able to enjoy what I enjoyed. Thanks.
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This looks so pretty. I am not familiar with the west coast of Florida …. my parents used to live on the east coast …. but it sure looks like a place I would enjoy. Someday!
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The west coast is a bit more reserved than the east coast. I think the west coast has a lot more high energy areas and of course gets the college students on spring break.
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