ARTWORK CURTESY OF PAUL ARSENAULT
Bayshore Drive, was formerly known as Kelly Road, which was named after Naples Attorney H.B. Kelly.
It was a 2 lane, poorly maintained road that crossed Haldeman Creek. At the time there was just a small bridge.
Kelly Rd. was riddled with potholes and a few small scattered businesses, some shacks and empty lots. Landscaping, if you could call it that, was overgrown and a tangled mess of palms, brush and vines. There were a few side streets, not visible from Kelly Rd., with a medley of homes.
Kelly Road was known as a BAD area with nicknames like Suicide Alley.
For this very reason, the County is revisiting a new name for the Bayshore Arts District...