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Crane Island Amelia Island, Florida The Art of Place Making By Kevin Caffrey It is safe to say that more than anything else, people simply yearn to be happy with themselves, their partner, their families, their homes, their neighbors, and their surroundings. The art of place making is about creating a context for that happiness […]

Porch Stories – The Art Of Placemaking

Crane Island’s River House is the gathering place for the Island. A scale fitting of the 113 property owners who will live here. A place to meet friends, share the tales of the day. A place to work out, a place to swim a lap, a place to watch the sun go down and celebrate the day you just lived. Come and explore the details of The River House from detailed plans, animation and inspiration images. We hope you enjoy.

Crane Island Docks

  Sean McCarthy and his co-collaborators at the Sean McCarthy Band revealed a  very special song in June of 2019. After years of the stories and months of research about the mysterious Sarah Alice Broadbent, they revealed a very touching song about her life and love of Crane Island.       We hope you will […]

Sarah’s Island – Sean McCarthy Band

Meet Michael Coffey Michael Coffey grew up surrounded by nature in rural South Florida. As a boy, Michael was always tinkering and fixing things, and often grown-ups told him he would become an engineer. Fast-forward a few decades and you can find him solving some of Crane Island’s most complex civil engineering challenges.  As a […]

Michael Coffey PhD, PE

Progress Update – March 2019 Layer By Layer.. This is the time when a home really starts to take shape with the beginning layers of the outside cladding and the interior trim out. In the past 30 days the framing was completed, the interior “rough in” with electrical, mechanical, plumbing and gas. Did we mention […]

The 2019 Southern Living Idea House – Progress March 2019

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