Discovering this property is almost like imagining the unimaginable. Who could possibly believe that more than an acre of flat land with hundreds of feet of direct frontage along Soquel Creek could still exist in almost untouched fashion so close to the River Trestle and the main beach of Capitola. You've driven by it a thousand times. You just didn't know it was here. What was Shadowbrook before it was Shadowbrook? It was this - a luxurious lush garden of ferns and specimen trees. A secret slice of paradise and a far away ambiance. A gracious whisper of another age and another time gently lapping at the sandy banks of the creek, enjoying languid sunny afternoons of soft currents and quiet reflection. Views of the ocean and the coast wrapping around the cliffs past New Brighton are perfectly framed under the archway of Stockton Bridge. Look directly across the river and you'll see the small subdivided lots and neat rows of houses with their public pathway running along the east side of the river. Walking along that public pathway, looking back across the water you'll be amazed at the scope of emerald forest and expanse of space that lies so privately nestled out of view and out of sight and out of reach from most of the rest of the world. This isn't a place to build six new contemporary town homes. This is a place intended to be honored for generations to come with your own loving testimony to river and sea, the history and the attraction of Capitola and the joys of a perfectly private retreat. An island of nowhere in the middle of everything. |
