Dan there is a very fun atmosphere in AP this week in anticipation
of this. It's like everyone is gearing up for a big party.
People are feeling some sort of release in the symbolism, and it
feels great. I know it doesn't really mean anything, but somethimes
that's what symbolism is about.
Your comments below sound a little sour. I haven't heard anyone
else talk this way about the event, no matter how they feel about
this redevelopment.
Since the steel was coming down no matter what, whether they can
build to 16 stories or only 8, why not jump in with the rest of us
and have some fun with it this weekend.
This is a chance for some real unity in the City. One big party
weekend centered around something we all agree on - that ugly thing
will no longer be in view.
I know you have strong feelings about where we go from here, and I
respect that. This weekend though, I just want to raise a glass
with you and your fine family and enjoy this time of comraderie.
I'll see you out there, freind!
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "dfsavgny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Excerpts from APP with my comments
>
> "With help from about 90 pounds of explosives, the 130-foot-tall,
60-
> foot-wide structure on Kingsley Street between Third and Fourth
> avenues will come crashing down. Thousands of people are expected
to
> watch, and television cameras will be on hand to capture the
> building's downfall."
>
> But an even bigger building will go up in its place. Bigger than
> most realize.
>
> "It's over. It's finally over, Councilman James Bruno said
> Wednesday."
>
> As Yogi said Jimbo, it ain't over till its over.
>
> "It's been nothing but frustration. It's the last remnant of the
> failed redevelopment."
>
> Yes it is, but are the decaying hulks now on a waterfront a symbol
> of a successful redevelopment?
>
> "It's been a gargantuan effort to get to this point, said Dean
> Geibel, the managing partner of Metro Homes."
>
> You're not over the finish line yet Dean. There might be a little
> difficulty actually being able to build the Esperanza.
>
> "I hope that thousands of people will watch it come down, said
> Councilman John Loffredo, who will push the button to start the
> implosion."
>
> This is the most ironic part of the story. John campaigned (when
the
> WRP was being negotiated) to demolish C-8, and as part of the
> Planning Board, recommended that it be demolished rather than
> reused. The PB and Johnny went even further recommending that no
one
> be able to rebuild on the site higher than the height limitations
> for the rest of the waterfront (3, 4 and 8 stories). The WRP
infact
> adopted the latter but permitted rebuilding. John posed with C-8
for
> TCN vowing to have it demolished and even went on the radio
(Asbury
> Radio) stating his opinions, including that anything built on the
> site taller than the height limitations would stick out like a
sore
> thumb. John has now done an about face. Not his first and not his
> last. Some of us still care about the truth. The only way to
> determine if the WRP REALLY allows C-8 to be rebuilt is to have a
> full hearing of the facts before the court. I'll be glad to see C-
8
> come down and the Esperanza to go up, but the latter only if it is
> done legally. The WRP must be amended.
>
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