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Additional Information about One Tequesta Point Condo on
Brickell Key
One
Tequesta Point at Brickell Key
Serenity set apart from Downtown Miami by its own gated
entry and private island ambiance, the exclusive
residential enclave of Tequesta Point on Brickell Key is
linked to the city’s abundant cultural and commercial
attractions – mere moments away – by a short scenic
causeway. Tequesta Point is conceived in every exquisite
detail to create a great residential tradition on the
bay. Winding up the private drive to Tequesta Point,
poised at Brickell Key’s easternmost tip, the lush
landscaping and classical proportions of the open plazas
evoke a special sense of place – and arrival.
The
developer is Swire Group of Hong Kong – London – a
global company with a two hundred year history of
successful international enterprise. Swire’s strict
adherence to a unique master plan for Brickell Key has
surrounded Tequesta Point in a wealth of island
amenities – shops, restaurants, waterfront promenades.
One Tequesta Point named in honor of the American Indian
tribe found by Florida’s early Spanish explorers at the
mouth of the Miami River, Tequesta Point was also
inspired by international artist Manuel Carbonell’s
series of Tequesta Indian sculptures.
Tequesta Point One at Brickell Key - Condos Real Estate
The One Tequesta Point condominium is located at 888 Brickell Key Drive on Brickell Key near Brickell Avenue and Downtown Miami. The Tequesta Point
One has incredible bay, city and ocean views and year round bay breezes. Just seconds from all the amenities Miami has to offer but safe and secure on Brickell Key. One
Tequesta Point is available for immediate occupancy.
The
history of Brickell Key can be traced to 1896, when
Henry Flagler had a 9-foot deep channel dug from the
mouth of the Miami River. In the process, Mr. Flagler
created an off-shore property comprised of two small
islands.
In 1943, an investor, Edward N. Claughton, Sr. acquired
the islands and eventually purchased additional bay
bottom land to combine them to a 44-acre triangle-shaped
tract separated from the mansions of Miami's fashionable
Brickell Avenue by only a few hundred feet of water. In
the late 1970's, Swire Properties purchased most of the
island property from the Claughtons, and began to put
into place a master plan that would ultimately transform
it into one of the most unique island communities in the
world.
The
Tequesta (also Tekesta, Tegesta, Chequesta, Vizcaynos)
Native American tribe, at the time of first European
contact, occupied an area along the Atlantic coast of
Florida in what are now Broward and Miami-Dade Counties.
They also occupied the Florida Keys at times, and may
have had a village on Cape Sable, at the southern end of
the Florida peninsula, in the 16th Century. The central
town (also called Tequesta) was probably at the mouth of
the Miami River. The Tequesta arrived in the Biscayne
Bay area around the beginning of the Current Era. The
Tequestas placed their towns and camps at the mouths of
rivers and streams, on inlets from the Atlantic Ocean to
inland waters, and on barrier islands and keys.
The
Tequesta were more or less dominated by the more
numerous Calusa of the southwest coast of Florida.
Estimates of the number of Tequestas at the time of
initial European contact range from 800 to 10,000, while
estimates of the number of Calusas on the southwest
coast of Florida range from 2,000 to 20,000. Occupation
of the Florida Keys may have swung back forth between
the two tribes. Although there is a Spanish record of a
Tequesta village on Cape Sable, Calusa artifacts
outnumber Tequesta artifacts by four to one at
archeological sites there. |
