girls tease your hair up & boys grease it down, we’re going to the jersey shore for memorial day weekend, specifically asbury park, an 1870’s resort town with more ups & downs during its history than an oceanfront roller coaster. thankfully, its on an up again!
asbury park, nj (pop=17,930; size=1.3 sq mi; density=14,290.0/sq mi.; racial makeup= 15.77% White, 67.11% Black, 0.32% Native American, 0.70% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 6.49% from other races, and 5.53% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 18.58% of the population).
http://www.cityofasburypark.com/
the carousel, the casino & the power station anchor the southern end of the AP boardwalk
the casino (the actual casino was out over the beach & recently torn down, this is the walkway)
http://www.beyondthepalace.com/newjersey/casino.html
2006-ish pre-teardown shots of the oceanside casino section itself
back in the day -- very grand!!!
http://monmouthdailyphoto.wordpress..../06/13/casino/
the carousel building (1923-1980‘s) -- could use its carousel back!?
the power station
asbury lanes
http://www.asburylanes.com/index.htm
the baronet
the fastlane -- early springsteen, later bon jovi basically started here as the house band
the fastlane in 2000
AP4life -- young bon jovi & bruce together at the fastlane in 1980
the paramount theater at the convention hall (1927)
http://apboardwalk.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramou...er_Asbury_Park
the convention hall
“a multi-purpose venue of two separate buildings joined by a Grand Arcade.”
beachside outside the convention center, now the beach club
s.s.morro castle disaster memorial
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Morro_Castle_(1930)
the wonder bar
http://www.wonderbarasburypark.com/
hope yr feelin better rawk guy!
the berkeley-carteret hotel (1923)
http://www.berkeleyhotelnj.com/
the 1950’s-era empress hotel, owned by 80’s super remixer producer shep pettibone
http://www.asburyempress.com/
the stone pony, long one of the most famous rock clubs in the usa
http://www.stoneponyonline.com/
school of rock at the stone pony
http://www.schoolofrock.com/index.php
symbol of 90’s corruption -- abandoned eyesore in the middle of ocean ave
no more amusement rides, but lots of very recent new stuff along the boardwalk
http://apboardwalk.com/
silverball pinball museum = 100% awesome!!
http://silverballmuseum.com/
memorial day wkend
jersey shore !!!
madame marie’s -- she died recently, but her iconic boardwalk shop lives on:
Marie Castello (May 25, 1915 – June 27, 2008), who was known as Madam Marie, was an American fortune teller and psychic reader who worked on the Asbury Park, New Jersey, boardwalk from 1932 until 2008. Madam Marie was the longest running tenant on the Asbury Park boardwalk. Castello was a fixture in Asbury Park for decades, telling fortunes on and off at her tiny booth on the boardwalk which is nicknamed The Temple of Knowledge. She read the fortunes of celebrities ranging from Judy Garland to Bruce Springsteen. Castello reportedly told Springsteen that he would be a huge success. Springsteen later jokes that she told all her musician clients the same thing.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/...in630363.shtml
somewhere she lost an ‘e’ since the 70’s
easy & cheap -- ‘pop-up shop’ metal beach shacks…northern ohio beaches? bueller?
classic beachfront googie-era howard johnson’s. now mcloone’s
http://www.timmcloonessupperclub.com/index.php
time out for historic boardwalk postcards
former montery hotel
more:
http://www.asburyboardwalk.com/cards/c1.html
the beach
north of the convention center
downtown, cookman ave, main st, etc.
the roll gate used to be the entrance to the upstage club
http://www.beyondthepalace.com/newjersey/upstage.html
and thx to one of AP’s many declines…the upstage is still there!
step inside & take a video tour!
http://videos.nj.com/star-ledger/200...sbury_par.html
“beyond the palace” -- sadly, my very favorite AP rundown/awesome beachy structure,
palace amusements, was torn down in 2004 for generic condos:
http://www.palaceamusements.com/
at least “tillie” was saved -- he’s in storage for now
shots from the 80’s
http://www.beyondthepalace.com/newje...sburypark.html
ap nj transit station -- north jersey coast line
http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/rail/R0080.pdf
*** that’s all from a beach day in AP, it’s an ongoing comeback story in progress***