Sea Breeze to Sherbet Town: An Historic African American Beach Resort is Lost to Affluenza Liz Hines, UNCW
Sea Breeze Village and Beach, New Hanover County, North Carolina
Wilmington Record burned 11/10/1898
Freemans’ Sea Breeze (Glory days, 1950s-1970s)
1949
The Monte Carlo by the Sea, as it was in 1953 and lamented in 1998 The Monte Carlo by the Sea, as it was in 1953 and lamented in 1998. It was destroyed by Hazel, but rebuilt twice by Frank Hill.
Hurricane Hazel, 1954
Community Activism, 1980s
Joe McNeill, of the 1960 Woolworth’s Sit-in
New Hanover County’s Long Range Plan for Sea Breeze Revitalization, 1986-88
2000
2006
(a census-designated place) Sea Breeze Village (a census-designated place) Currently, about 1,300 people live in Sea Breeze’s 1.6 square miles 25 feet above sea level 82% white, 16% black, 2% Hispanic or other Median Age, 45.9 (NC 35.3) Median income, $46,600 (NC $40,729) Median house/condo value $267,800 (NC $127,600)
2006: Colorado Coastal Properties installs water and sewer on Sea Breeze Road
“Affluenza” A term attributed to Michael Moore and popularized in a Public Television documentary of the same name. Defined as: 1. The bloated, sluggish and unfulfilled feeling that results from efforts to keep up with the Joneses. 2. An epidemic of stress, overwork, waste and indebtedness caused by dogged pursuit of the American Dream. 3. An unsustainable addiction to economic growth.” http://www.pbs.org/kcts/affluenza/
Looking north, across Snow’s Cut, at Sea Breeze
Looking East, across the Intra-Coastal Waterway, at Sherbet Town, north of Freeman Beach
Freeman Beach, but no Sea Breeze on this tourist map
Winner party boats
Sherbet Town’s gate
The palms of Sherbet Town
Freeman Beach
Looking west from Sherbet Town to Sea Breeze
Finis Thank you