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Myrtle Beach Pavilion
by Lesta Sue Hardee and Janice McDonald |
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ISBN Number:
978-0738586014
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 128
Publication Date: June 2010
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing |
For almost a century, the heart of Myrtle Beach was defined by a
place simply called "the Pavilion." From the original structure
built in 1908, the Pavilion was the centre of the resort town's
growing tourism industry. It was a destination point for anyone
coming to the Grand Strand. Here you could stroll the Boardwalk,
play arcade games, make faces in fun mirrors, ride rides, dance the
Carolina Shag, or sit on a bench and watch everyone else do all of
the above. The Pavilion underwent several incarnations. The first
ones were wooden and vulnerable, but the final was concrete and
seemingly indestructible, standing for nearly 60 years. Hardly an
architectural marvel, what the Pavilion lacked in grandeur, it made
up for in pure old-fashioned fun. The beloved structure and its
rides fell prey to economics and a wrecking ball in 2006.
About the Author
Myrtle Beach natives Lesta Sue Hardee and Janice McDonald trace the
origins of the Pavilion from its early days as a recreational site
for guests of Myrtle Beach's first hotel, the Sea Side Inn, to its
heyday as "the" location for beach activities on the East Coast, and
finally to the Pavilion's Farewell Season.
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