Myrtle Beach Gets an Inner Beach Makeover | Eastern North Carolina Now

    The 2nd Avenue Pier still allows fishing, but moreover has been remade into a restaurant, Pier House Restaurant, and an open air bar, the Pier View Bar: Above. From the beach, we look west to the Ripley's Believe in or Not Freak Museum. It has been a landmark of the Myrtle Beach Commercial District, in one form or another for decades: Below.

    Walking down the beach and looking north to the pier section of the 14th Avenue Pier: Above. Looking south from the planked ramp on the south side of the 14th Avenue Pier: Below.

    Just to the north of the 14th Avenue Pier a walker limbers her muscles: Above. Looking back north toward the 14th Avenue Pier from the long lumbered ramp: Below.

    Here at the heart of the Myrtle Beach Commercial District is an area in the throes of revitalization. Behind these shops and random attractions is a vacant tract of land where the Myrtle Beach Pavilion once stood, an even larger amusement park than the Family Kingdom, there are plans in the near future for new and elaborate attraction in May, 2011: SkyWheel Myrtle Beach. This gargantuan oceanfront Ferris Wheel will stand erect 196 feet, and will include 42 glass enclosed, temperature controlled gondolas.

    These gondolas can hold up to six people comfortably, who may also wish to feast at the Jimmy Buffet's Landshark Bar and Grill, with an observation deck overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. There is ample land adjacent to the proposed Jimmy Buffet eatery to construct additional attractions that, along with the new Boardwal and Promenade will draw crowds to the center of this revived section of Myrtle Beach: Above and below.

    Saloons, arcades, restaurants, and shops line the wide planks of the boardwalk beckoning the curious public to partake of their rich flavors: Above. Just few miles south, and a day later near the location of the old Springmaid Pier and Hotel, we see a late afternoon fog roll in off the ocean just before sunset: Below.

    Sitting on the high veranda of the Breezes Beach Club, we witness the beginnings of a glorious sunset, with the purplish lamps clicked on to forever illuminate the Coral Reef Resort this and every night as long as stands on the Atlantic shore: Above. Looking south toward the existing Springmaid Pier and the clouds that will help build another wonderful sunset: Below.

    The sun finds its setting mark behind the Springmaid Resort, while the last light of the day reflects its glory in the effluent waters that spill to the ocean from the higher ground to the west of this Atlantic shore: Above and below.

    And now, with the fainting light of sun sinking fast, the remains of the day are finished: Above.

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