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Take three small islands, add some swamp land and top it off with submerged bottom land, totaling over 2000 acres, and Voila! You have the Isla Del Sol and Tierra Verde communities!
In 1959, Louis Berlanti and his son, Fred, did just that. Pine Key and Cabbage Key, blended in with several small "mangrove" islands, along with 3 ft. deep submerged sand in Boca Ciega Bay, were purchased by the Berlantis for $5.12 million dollars. They had plans to build the "finest resort on the west coast of Florida", so quoted the St. Petersburg Times in 1959. [Click picture to read more]
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