Santa Cruz's Seabright (Images of America)

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by Randall Brown

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Seabright, located atop towering sandstone cliffs and bordered by the Santa Cruz Small Craft Harbor and San Lorenzo Point, overlooks the famous Santa Cruz Boardwalk and a state beach where locals and lifeguards have performed many valiant acts of ocean rescue. Originally a Victorian-era campground, the neighborhood features special amenities, including a natural history museum, thanks to a long tradition of community activism. The creation of the Santa Cruz Harbor in the 1960s completed Seabright's transition from a summer resort to a year-round neighborhood. The beach doubled in size due to the littoral drift of sand blocked by the harbor seawall, protecting the vulnerable cliffs from the assault of winter waves. "It was 50 years ago this spring when Seabright lost its symbol. In late March 1967, demolition crews took down the Scholl Marr Castle, the enormous beachside edifice that residents of Seabright took as their answer to the nearby Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. The story of the Castle - which was exactly what that, a bathhouse/restaurant modeled to mimic a medieval castle - is told in a new book titled "Santa Cruz's Seabright," published by Arcadia, the South Carolina-based imprint that has published hundreds of titles on local history across the country." Santa Cruz Sentinel Randall Brown, a historian with an extensive background in water resources and land use, authored the compelling The San Lorenzo Valley Water District--A History. Traci Bliss, an award-winning emerita professor of education, is the fifth generation of the Bliss family to live in Santa Cruz. At age eight, she began bodysurfing at Seabright's Pinnacle Rock. Brown and Bliss have compiled photographs from local and state libraries; museums; family collections; clubs; businesses; the University of California, Santa Cruz; the Santa Cruz Port District; and the Seabright Neighborhood Association.

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