Dinner Key History
From 1933-1945, Dinner Key in Coconut Grove (Miami), Florida was Pan American Airways Latin American Hub for its Flying Boat fleet. Dinner Key was so named because many families used to come out and have picnic dinners and watch the Sikorsky’s, Martin’s, and Boeing’s leave for exotic ports. In 1950, the terminal became Miami’s City Hall with the surrounding area becoming a marina.

Dinner Key Today
2 of the 4 former Pan Am maintenance hangers belong to Grove Key Marina where I keep my boat in Miami. The far hanger is now a Sailing and Kayaking Center owned by the very worthy Shake-A-Leg organization. The tracks used to tow the Clippers out of the water are still visible today, still devoid of rust, in the boat basin to the right of the main terminal. Inside and out, the City Hall still posses wonderful Pan Am iconography.

 

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