Does anyone know about the Natchez Street pavilion at Seaside? It's the one closest to Watercolor, the one that has the wooden steps that remind me of a hull of a Viking ship. Was it washed away? I was looking through my Seaside book and saw a picture of it. It's an incredible piece of architecture.
Beach Pavilion at Seaside
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Mermaid said:
The Natchez Pav walkover steps were washed away with Ivan 04. I cannot remember for sure, but I think the steps were replaced. Then TS Arlene washed them back out to see. They have not been replaced since then. The pavilion still stands, but the walkover is missing starting about 4-5 meters south of the pavilion. If you look back through my photo album, you will see some photos taken from that Pavilion about 10 days ago. They are, ... wait...
darn I made a good guess, 10 days ago exactly.
Not of Natchez, from Natchez.
There you go.
Thanks, JOe. I actually hadn't thought of that pavilion in a while because we usually don't walk the entire length of beach at Seaside--we climb up at the market. I was reminded of it when I looked through my book today. Pity about it. It was so beautifully done and so unique. I hope that eventually that will make a duplicate of it!
The steps were washed away by Ivan and not recovered. They were completely rebuilt using Juniper wood as originally constructed by the Jersey Devils. TS Arlene damaged the steps and the bottom couple of sections were washed down the beach. Dennis came in and finished the job, completely destroying all new sections. Nothing was recovered. We expect that they will be rebuilt eventually, but no sooner than the end of turtle and hurricane season. Unfortunately, those steps do not do well in any kind of storm surge.
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Unfortunately, there have been some rumblings at Seaside that all the walkovers will never be rebuilt. During the offseason there will probably be one access on the east of town and one on the west that will be rebuilt using removable aluminum stairs. The Natchez walkway that was rebuilt after Ivan and lasted for less than a year I think cost $80 thousand. It has just gotten too expensive to maintain them based on original design. 