--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Hinge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It's a slow day at work, so I spent a bit of time looking thru all the past > posts so I can > become better acquainted with the vibe here. > I moved to AP in March, and much of my youth was spent in AP and I clearly > remember all > of the great movie theaters and other architectural gems that made our city > special. > Sadly, most of that is now gone, and some of what remains is threatened. > The new condos that are going up where the Palace once stood are pretty damn > ugly if you > ask me. I'd rather look at the decaying Metropolitian Hotel then those > barracks any day. > That being said, it saddens me that our city is now being homogenized into > the same look
Read the old posts from around Aug'01. I predicted all this a full 5 years ago. The redevelopment plan was not PLANNED. it was a bankruptcy settlement that violated the publics rights. There was no City Planner on staff at the time and the City gave more rights to Asbury Partners then they were entitled to under the Plan in force at the time. All the current issues of Historc Assets being destroyed/neglected, over dependence on residential zoning, lack of job creation, eminent domain, no signifigant new ratables to date, a beachfront that looks like a cartoon.....are all the result of inexperianced leadership being taken advantage of. Sad thing is they have not learned from past errors in judgement. Werner ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/Y2tolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
