Gay Dolphin Gift Cove

[3] The store is four stories tall[4] with ten levels because Justin Plyler, according to his son, could not afford to remove the hill between the street and the beach.

Buz Plyler, born in 1949, started working for his parents at age 8, doing the jobs his father disliked and eventually buying all of the store's merchandise.

[15] For many years, people could climb the circular steel steps to the top of the glass tower, at one time the city's tallest building, and see the view of Myrtle Beach from the roof.

The tower once housed The Wonder Falls--oil-rain structures that created waterfall illusions and ran through barrels on the ceiling to the wishing well below.

[20] The concrete walkway that was called the Boardwalk, which was later extended and upgraded, ran from the Myrtle Beach Pavilion past the Gay Dolphin to Plyler Park (see below).

[24] At the end of Mr. Joe White Avenue, where Castaways Motel, Myrtle Beach National Wax Museum and two beachwear stores were located, a park was planned next to the ocean.

In 2000, Myrtle Beach City Council had approved the purchase of 0.85 acres for the park, in exchange for several alleys near existing motels that planned expansions, plus cash.

[12] With the opening of the Boardwalk in 2010, Plyler Park became the location of a concert series called "Hot Summer Nights".

[27] Myrtle Beach SkyWheel, the largest Ferris wheel in the eastern United States at the time of its construction, opened next to the park in 2011.