34 THE COASTAL BEND MAGAZINE • March/April 2018 TheCoastalBend.com A Return to Glory for North Beach? Up until the 1950’s or so, North Beach was a center of activity and entertainment for the Coastal Bend region. Restaurants, motels, boating and fishing charters, pubs and arcades, and even a Ferris wheel, provided plenty to do, in addition of course, to the beach on the bay. left: Corpus Christi’s North Beach during World War II, as depicted in the 1981 film, Raggedy Man. above: Proposed North Beach Redevelopment master plan, as conceived by Dallas developer, Blackard Global, and North Beach investor, Lyn Frazier, who built Fajitaville restaurant and a Ferris wheel, and who restored the Hotel De Ville.