"What it needs, and what it could become, is a year-round destination
for what can not be found in other places.
waterfront locations and
other specialized type places are few. Also, the
entertainment/cultural (I put NJMHOF in this category) and
recreational uses should be stressed and located from Wesley to CH.
But we can't dedicate ALL of the pavillions to year-round uses that do
not support services for the summer season. The pavillions must
contain uses to support beach-going activities and that cannot be done
by high-end restaurants
"
Why do we assume our predecessors got it wrong?
The Casino and CH provided year-round events, film, concerts, shows,
sports and were prescient in providing an ice rink, the pavilions
provided seasonal attractions and support, HoJo's might have been the
1st step toward modernizing and adapting to change.
Isn't one of the obvious answers to "What will attract people to the
boardwalk on a blustery February day
" ice-skating? That facility is
structurally sound, beautiful, an attraction in its own right and
could easily double as a performance venue.
Today we spend more money on recreation, dining out and (the lunacy
of) driving than we did during the boardwalk's heyday; surprisingly
our developers have gone along with Larry's SOHO meets South Beach
theme, albeit a poor-man's version, and begun building a faux
urban/suburban mishmash, as though blind to the inherent appeal Asbury
offers.
Were Larry to succeed and build all 3000+ units before tackling the
boardwalk, the results would be a 50 acre cul-de-sac marginally
different from Lakewood and doomed to failure; it would sit with
marginal views of the ocean, within walking distance of a boardwalk
devoid of humanity and necessitating a drive for shopping, dining,
film, sport or a hotdog.
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