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Duval Street (/ ˈ d uː v əl /) is a downtown commercial zoned street in Key West, Florida, running north and south from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean, just over 1.25 miles in length. It is named for William Pope Duval , the first territorial governor of Florida.
The building housing Captain Tony's Saloon has a history as colorful as the town of Key West itself. When first constructed in 1852, 428 Greene Street was an ice house that doubled as the city morgue. In the 1890s, it housed a wireless telegraph station. The telegraph's most important utilization came in 1898, during the Spanish–American War.
Sloppy Joe's Bar is a historic American bar in Key West, Florida located at the corner of Greene and Duval Street since 1937. [1] A frequent haunt of famous writer Ernest Hemingway, it is now home to the annual Hemingway Days celebration and its Hemingway Look-Alike Contest.
The celebration includes arts and crafts exhibitors, street performers, and food carts. It begins two hours before sunset, every day of the year. [2] In 1984, the city opened a pier right on Mallory Square. The decision was met with considerable opposition from people who felt it would disrupt the tradition of watching the sunset at Mallory Square.
Live web cameras around the Myrtle Beach area allow people to watch the beach as Hurricane Ian approaches S.C.
The Key West Historic District (also known as Old Town of the City of Key West) is a U.S. historic district (designated as such on March 11, 1971) located in Key West, Florida.
English: Photo taken by the Property Appraiser's office; 623 Duval Street; built c1912; destroyed by fire 1995; Monroe Theater; Sqr 61, Pt Lot 4 Marquee shows film "The Last Sunset", which was released in June 1961. To the left of the theater is a shop with sign "Best Home Equipment Inc".
U.S. stocks closed higher as investors digested a slew of corporate earnings reports, including some from the so-called Magnificent 7. The broad S&P 500 index closed up 0.51%, or 31.86 points, to ...