--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Hinge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You know what Tommy, it's people like you that are transforming
> America in to one safe
> homogeneous place to live.
Safe I'm ok with. Homogeneous? I described how we will add our
archetectural stamp to 3 prior ones. Isn't that the opposite of
homogeneous?
> Asbury had a unique character. So much so that I brought people to
> our town from all over
> the country.
If you mean achetechture, then no, Asbury had no style unique to
itself. Other than that, every place has a character. I think you
mean Asbury Park had a really good one. HAD. We can make it good
again. But no, it will never be a place that people from all over
the country visit. Look around you. Monmouth County has changed.
We are not a tourist destination anymore. We are not in Tarvel
Agent rolladexes across the country as we used to be.
>Take a look at the jacket photo in Helen Pikes book. A boardwalk
>filled with people.
I'm very familiar with Helen's Book. I underwrote the launching of
it. You know, 'cause I care about history.
>Once, on the Honeymooners, Ralph proudly told Alice that he was
>taking her to
> Asbury Park.
Ralph also bought stock in a Uranium field in Asbury Park. That
doesn't make us special either (my dear friend has an Asbury Park
Urnaiumn Field Company Stock Certificate that he won't sell me, no
matter how much I offer him).
> Unfortunately, I seriously doubt that the next incarnation of
>Asbury will become a
> destination for people.
It isn't supposed to be a destination. That's what the plan is all
about - residential growth - not tourism.
>Why go to Asbury with it's gunfire and crime when you can go to
> Pier Village?
A reasonable question.
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