Crossing Cathcart Street and continuing toward the beach, the 1000 block is a short one, extending only to where Elm Street dead-ends from the right. Not much has changed recently - the mid-2000s mixed-use building at 1010 is the only thing on the left. On the right, the Old School Shoes mural (above) still decorates the long blank wall facing Cathcart.
Next door to O.S.S. on both sides is an odd L-shaped 2-story building with narrow frontage on both Pacific and Cathcart. A building permit has been issued to remodel the structure into several condos, but construction has not begun.
Mid-block is filled by The Catalyst, long-time icon of the Santa Cruz live music scene. Long closed because of COVID protocols, the venue reopened in mid-August. The photo at right is from 2019, when the marquee still advertised upcoming shows.
Also reopened in mid-August is The Starving Musician, which had recently moved from Ocean Street (see Changes #14) into the old Union Grove Music store when COVID hit. The fate of a musician supply store located next door to a live-music club would seem to depend on whether that club is open, so let's hope there are no further public-health-related closures.
Santa Cruz Changes locations can be found on this Google Map.
