I do not blame the owners for wanting the "highest and best use" for their property. I know traditions die hard and change can be tough, but progress continues. All good things come to an end and all good things have a beginning.
Bulldozing dunes, polluting coastal dune lakes, and clear cutting forests are crimes - the passing of a Seagrove landmark and a few pretty oaks pale in comparison. All things in this life are impermanent.
http://www.sowal.com/bb/real-estate...-corner-30a-395-seagrove-market-location.html
http://www.sowal.com/bb/dining-food/45372-v-restaurant-coming-seagrove-395-scenic-30a.html
Kurt, with all due respect and I mean that, it is as though you are saying that those of us who love the Market and have made some wonderful memories there should not feel so bad about it going away because newer and better things will take it's place. Well, I do feel sad, and bad. Yes, all things change in the name of progress I suppose, but that will not change how I feel.
Just because I am sad that beautiful OLD LIVE trees have been destroyed for the sake of progress, does not mean that I care less about the polluting of coastal dune lakes, or the clear cutting of forests or bulldozing dunes. I understand the severity of those crimes. To me I think it is a crime to kill those old trees at the Market. I just wish they could have somehow been incorporated into the new establishment.
I also, do not know the owners of the new "V". I am sure they are wonderful people and I am sure they want their new business to succeed. I wish them well. I do.
I will however, forever miss that corner of 30-A the way it used to be.