Secret Santa Cruz Return to Secret Santa Cruz Ocean View Avenue south of Broadway is the best half-hour walk in Santa Cruz. Head south from Broadway on the right-hand sidewalk. These are typical sights on the Eastside. But the street grows quiet as you walk on.
Traffic is light.
Ahead are massive shade trees that had a century to grow. And some of the victorians grow a bit more, ah, eccentric. After the first block more of the houses are older. The victorians have their original detail, if not all their paint. Some of the gardens have been in place for decades or even longer.