it's changed so much i can hardly recognize it. my first time to captiva was in 1968. a year later a friend at cypress lake high school got his pilots license and drivers license the day he turned 16 and we could rent a small plane for $12 a day and would fly to upper captiva, the end of the runway nearly in red fish pass. i collected whip scorpions, giant millipedes and great memories. i was fortunate to call ted levering a good friend and he wrote a great book "the other side of the bridge" about his much earlier life on captiva.
Captiva Island, South Seas is my favorite place to be. Besides my own home. The resort has so much history. I believe that the founding forefathers would be happy to know that their little paradise has made such a difference in people’s lives. They must have worked very hard on that plantation the owners and employees. And to see how well it’s been maintained after surviving so many hurricanes. Thous company’s could have just left it. I like to believe that Clarance Chadwick and all the other owners would be proud of how beautiful they keep it and people from all over get to enjoy paradise in south Florida. With out a dout Captiva Island and South Seas resort is still paradise. I didn’t realize all the history the resort has and I even dove a little deeper to learn more, it’s very interesting. I have seen many changes myself on the resort to the look of the island, oh how I miss the Chadwicks restaurant man that buffet just to go there one more time ❤️. I miss all the amenities the resort offered to time share owners at no extra cost we never had to leave the “plantation”. Tks for posting. See you soon Captiva 🏖🏝🌅🌞😁
definitely paradise lost-great doc on Captiva. I think we all that were there in the early days should have fought harder to protect it! Thank goodness for Ding Darling and Robert Rauschenberg . Makes me think of Joni Mitchell, "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot"
Here's the thing though Martha, I moved to Ft. Myers in 2006 and had no idea about the history and battles to preserve its (Sanibel/Captiva) beauty and charm. And yet I had the same exact initial reaction coming over the Causeway bridge the first time and driving over to Captiva -- I was stunned by how beautiful it was, and my feelings to this day are the same as all of you explained in this video. And I have many friends from NY that say it's their favorite vacation spot. We all still feel those things you did. Perspective is everything but it's oh so hard to escape the nostalgia of 'the early days' of our youth.
I see one of the houses I built in 1984, still standing. Sold it for about $65,000. Today zillow has it at 1.2 million. Gives you an idea of how the US dollar has depreciated.
That inflation has its long term effects is real, but we can't just jump to quick but erroneous conclusions. $65,000 in 1984 is worth $194,140 in today's 2024 dollar, just accounting for inflation. So the $1.2 million value of that property today is less about inflation, and more about other factors including, predominantly, rising property values on Captiva, as a rarefied and highly valued, competitive market for ownership among those who can afford it.
The developers ruined FL... it was such a sportsman’s paradise... wanna know the solution? Prohibit air conditioning and they’ll ALL leave really quickly... I moved to Costa Rica 28 yrs ago and since it’s so mountainous you can’t just build anywhere... in FL they’d just build “retention” ponds, raise all the old live oaks and plant palms and grass... they ruined it!
I was born and raised in Naples and watched it lose its small town charm along with fort Myers Beach Marco Island Sanibel Captiva about the only places left that still have a little feel of the old life is pine Island Everglades City goodland and Isle of Capri. I think I'll be on pine Island for the rest of my life unless it changes when everywhere else has but it's a lot better at resisting the change it seems
Paradise was bought out just like where i grew up on Fort Myers beach in the 60s All the modest beach homes and mom and pop cottages are now wall to wall Concrete caves for the Rich , I remember what these types would come in to the bank bragging to the tellers about the condo they just bought. We would just laugh and shake our head at the nerve . Makes me cry for what was lost
In the late 50s, we would travel down to the islands by boat fron Bradenton and would tie up to Andy and Dessi's dock. The bar patrons would move to Timmy's nook for more drinking later in the night. I moved to the islands in the 70s and got to live in Ding's Fish house for 3 years after Mike LaTona left for Saint Thomas
In my senior year in High School I read a book called "Beaches". It talked about Sanibel Island and all the Shells on the Beach. So in 1974, right outta High School. I left Ocean City, MD and landed at Blind Pass. That's where I meant John and Carey. And in '77 my girlfriend and I move to Captiva Island. I started playing Bass Guitar with Jimmy Jensen from Jensen's Twin Palms and Corky aka THE TROUBLE STARTERS (If you don't start some there won't be none) at the Old Green Flash on Andy Rossi Lane in '78. (Finally saw my first Green Flash in Key West in Nov. 2019). So now I know. "Some Get Stoned, Some Get Strange, but sooner or later it all gets real, Walk On". Got married at The Mucky Duck in '79. There's just to many stories to tell. Oh how I miss Old Captiva.
My wife and I started going to Sanibel and Captiva back in the early ‘90’s. The last 10 years we’ve been completely priced right off the islands. I’m not sure we’ll ever be able to afford staying on the islands again. Oh well. There’s too many people there now anyways.
paradise lost...the governor with his 3 major parkways projects is going to lead to the extinction of the Florida panther and the destruction of wildlands in Central and west central Florida and the loss of rural Florida and agribusinesses as well..absolutley abominable!
Wow! Pretty foreshadowing given the yet to be known outcomes of Ian. I’ve known of Captiva only because of the Eagle and Osprey cams and wonder now about their fate. I didn’t know their were Manatees. Like so many places in the world, especially coastal areas greed has displaced the natural world. I wonder if Captiva, Sanibel and other areas (the recent devastation in Pakistan from a cyclone) will accelerate the warning of the consequences of humanities short sidedness and consumerism on our natural world.
I don't know if the right term is "greedy" to describe people that want to live in 'paradise'. I don't think there's a person on the planet who likes warm weather that would turn down a free home on Captiva to live there whenever they wanted. That doesn't make them greedy.
Oh my goodness what a beautiful community. The people in this video just seem so wonderful and inviting. Captiva certainly is a special place.
Was a special place 😢
it's changed so much i can hardly recognize it. my first time to captiva was in 1968. a year later a friend at cypress lake high school got his pilots license and drivers license the day he turned 16 and we could rent a small plane for $12 a day and would fly to upper captiva, the end of the runway nearly in red fish pass. i collected whip scorpions, giant millipedes and great memories. i was fortunate to call ted levering a good friend and he wrote a great book "the other side of the bridge" about his much earlier life on captiva.
Captiva Island, South Seas is my favorite place to be. Besides my own home. The resort has so much history. I believe that the founding forefathers would be happy to know that their little paradise has made such a difference in people’s lives. They must have worked very hard on that plantation the owners and employees. And to see how well it’s been maintained after surviving so many hurricanes. Thous company’s could have just left it. I like to believe that Clarance Chadwick and all the other owners would be proud of how beautiful they keep it and people from all over get to enjoy paradise in south Florida. With out a dout Captiva Island and South Seas resort is still paradise. I didn’t realize all the history the resort has and I even dove a little deeper to learn more, it’s very interesting. I have seen many changes myself on the resort to the look of the island, oh how I miss the Chadwicks restaurant man that buffet just to go there one more time ❤️. I miss all the amenities the resort offered to time share owners at no extra cost we never had to leave the “plantation”. Tks for posting. See you soon Captiva 🏖🏝🌅🌞😁
definitely paradise lost-great doc on Captiva. I think we all that were there in the early days should have fought harder to protect it! Thank goodness for Ding Darling and Robert Rauschenberg . Makes me think of Joni Mitchell, "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot"
Here's the thing though Martha, I moved to Ft. Myers in 2006 and had no idea about the history and battles to preserve its (Sanibel/Captiva) beauty and charm. And yet I had the same exact initial reaction coming over the Causeway bridge the first time and driving over to Captiva -- I was stunned by how beautiful it was, and my feelings to this day are the same as all of you explained in this video. And I have many friends from NY that say it's their favorite vacation spot. We all still feel those things you did. Perspective is everything but it's oh so hard to escape the nostalgia of 'the early days' of our youth.
I see one of the houses I built in 1984, still standing. Sold it for about $65,000. Today zillow has it at 1.2 million. Gives you an idea of how the US dollar has depreciated.
That inflation has its long term effects is real, but we can't just jump to quick but erroneous conclusions. $65,000 in 1984 is worth $194,140 in today's 2024 dollar, just accounting for inflation. So the $1.2 million value of that property today is less about inflation, and more about other factors including, predominantly, rising property values on Captiva, as a rarefied and highly valued, competitive market for ownership among those who can afford it.
The developers ruined FL... it was such a sportsman’s paradise... wanna know the solution? Prohibit air conditioning and they’ll ALL leave really quickly... I moved to Costa Rica 28 yrs ago and since it’s so mountainous you can’t just build anywhere... in FL they’d just build “retention” ponds, raise all the old live oaks and plant palms and grass... they ruined it!
I was born and raised in Naples and watched it lose its small town charm along with fort Myers Beach Marco Island Sanibel Captiva about the only places left that still have a little feel of the old life is pine Island Everglades City goodland and Isle of Capri. I think I'll be on pine Island for the rest of my life unless it changes when everywhere else has but it's a lot better at resisting the change it seems
Paradise was bought out just like where i grew up on Fort Myers beach in the 60s All the modest beach homes and mom and pop cottages are now wall to wall Concrete caves for the Rich , I remember what these types would come in to the bank bragging to the tellers about the condo they just bought. We would just laugh and shake our head at the nerve . Makes me cry for what was lost
In the late 50s, we would travel down to the islands by boat fron Bradenton and would tie up to Andy and Dessi's dock. The bar patrons would move to Timmy's nook for more drinking later in the night. I moved to the islands in the 70s and got to live in Ding's Fish house for 3 years after Mike LaTona left for Saint Thomas
In my senior year in High School I read a book called "Beaches". It talked about Sanibel Island and all the Shells on the Beach. So in 1974, right outta High School. I left Ocean City, MD and landed at Blind Pass. That's where I meant John and Carey. And in '77 my girlfriend and I move to Captiva Island. I started playing Bass Guitar with Jimmy Jensen from Jensen's Twin Palms and Corky aka THE TROUBLE STARTERS (If you don't start some there won't be none) at the Old Green Flash on Andy Rossi Lane in '78. (Finally saw my first Green Flash in Key West in Nov. 2019). So now I know. "Some Get Stoned, Some Get Strange, but sooner or later it all gets real, Walk On". Got married at The Mucky Duck in '79. There's just to many stories to tell. Oh how I miss Old Captiva.
My wife and I started going to Sanibel and Captiva back in the early ‘90’s.
The last 10 years we’ve been completely priced right off the islands.
I’m not sure we’ll ever be able to afford staying on the islands again.
Oh well. There’s too many people there now anyways.
paradise lost...the governor with his 3 major parkways projects is going to lead to the extinction of the Florida panther and the destruction of wildlands in Central and west central Florida and the loss of rural Florida and agribusinesses as well..absolutley abominable!
Florida panthers are overpopulated down here. There won't be no extinction.
RIP Captiva Island - Hurricane IAN
Wow! Pretty foreshadowing given the yet to be known outcomes of Ian. I’ve known of Captiva only because of the Eagle and Osprey cams and wonder now about their fate. I didn’t know their were Manatees. Like so many places in the world, especially coastal areas greed has displaced the natural world. I wonder if Captiva, Sanibel and other areas (the recent devastation in Pakistan from a cyclone) will accelerate the warning of the consequences of humanities short sidedness and consumerism on our natural world.
I don't know if the right term is "greedy" to describe people that want to live in 'paradise'. I don't think there's a person on the planet who likes warm weather that would turn down a free home on Captiva to live there whenever they wanted. That doesn't make them greedy.
No wonder there are no fish left 🥲
none of these old farts complaining will buy a mansion, tear it down and build a hut.. so why they talking
YOU CAN COOK IN THE UKRANE WITH CHUCKY CHAN
I couldn't get past the mosquitoes