The City of Key West wants to assure the world that the island’s most-photographed landmark will continue to be photographed while the intersection of the Southernmost Point is repaired later this summer.

While the original Southernmost Buoy will be temporarily unavailable to visitors, the City is busy constructing a new, temporary buoy, which will be placed at the Duval Street Pocket Park at 1400 Duval.

Past storm events have undermined the existing Southernmost Plaza, and the City is readying to repair the seawall and other damage at the corner of South and Whitehead Streets. The work will require the closure of the area, impacting access to the existing buoy.

But no worries! The buoy being fabricated will provide visitors and residents alike with the same photo opportunity. In the meantime, the plaza will be repaired and enhanced, and the original buoy will remain right where it is.

The solid concrete buoy was originally erected in 1983. A sewer main was used to shape the giant buoy. Local artists Henry Del Valle and Danny Acosta brought their talents to painting it. After the iconic landmark was damaged during Hurricane Irma, the two artists re-painted the buoy.

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