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Old Posted Jun 13, 2010, 8:45 PM
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greetings from asbury park, nj

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***

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Old Posted Jun 13, 2010, 8:57 PM
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Looks good.

That's also the place that Bam Bam Bigelow comes from.
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Old Posted Jun 13, 2010, 9:17 PM
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^ yep, he's repped up there in the wonder bar case!
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Old Posted Jun 13, 2010, 9:26 PM
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I LOVE Asbury. I'm spending the long July Fourth weekend there. It's got the music, the gays, the ghettos. A wonderful bohemian mix.
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Used to hang out there in the late '90's. It's astonishing how much it's come back. Cookman Ave downtown was solid boardups, and very creepy. The whole city had a real post-apocalyptic wasteland vibe. The Casino was a hardcore punk/skate venue for a while. Walking back to the train at night after a show could be pretty hairy.
It really saddened me when the Palace Amusements was torn down.

Excellent tour of one of the most ridiculously colorful shore cities in the US.

If you don't mind, here's an older Asbury tour I did with photos from 2002, just before any of the revitalization started. It's amazing how lively it looks in your photos, in comparison.

Great stuff.
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Old Posted Jun 13, 2010, 10:47 PM
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wow!
what great memories!
what great photos!
what a diverse mixture of architecture!
thanks for sharing!!!
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Looks like a fun resort town to see, I've always wondered about this place.
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I was planning on driving up there for 4th of July from South Carolina, but I think I was drunk when making driving travel arrangements. I'm guessing the majority of I-95 is no joke on Friday, July 2nd 2010. Someday. The pictures reveal an Asbury Park I wasnt expecting, I only imagine that its at a "fun" point where it's getting attention but still very gritty. Thanks for sharing!
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Gotta love the Jersey Shore, even with all the ups and downs.

Thanks for including the pics of downtown. Looks quite substantial for a city that size (though I'm sure it was much bigger before).
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Old Posted Jun 15, 2010, 8:23 AM
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20 years ago I always chose Seaside Heights over Asbury Park, but Asbury is looking much better today. Love the boardwalks.
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