--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "dfsavgny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Excerpts from APP with my comments
>
>
atIf you think you can be Aaron in Court go for it.
"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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