Lots of discussions NOT about history, tourism, recreation, marketing and
the future role and potential of Asbury Park recently.
>From a few days ago:
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Lots of discussions about history, tourism, recreation, marketing and
the future role and potential of Asbury Park recently.
Here's some "food-for-thought". What assets still exist? What could
be recycled for current times? What's the future potential?
A beer to the one who identifies the year. An extra beer for
identifying the 'market' this was targeted to.
Werner
ASBURY PARK, MONMOUTH COUNTY, NJ
On NJ Rt 71, accessible via NJ Rts 33,35 and 38. BUSES: Asbury Park-
New York Transit, Public Service, Rollo and others. RR: Central,
Pennsylvania Lines; connections with Red Bank and Monmouth County
Airports. ACCOMMODATIONS: 175 hotels fr. $4-$24 a night, 100 guest
houses, 10 motels. ACTIVITIES: tennis (5 courts), ocean and pool
swimming (3 indoor, 10 outdoor), fishing (all types of boats
available), 12 nearby golf courses, boardwalk amusements
(games,rides,resaurants), horseback riding, bicycling, badminton, 6
theatres, beach games, sunbathing on sundecks or beach, indoor
year 'round ice-skating. HIGHLIGHTS: 1 1/4 mile fine wide safe beach,
1 1/4 mile wide modern boardwalk. EVENTS: April 23-30 Peter DeRose
Memeorial Week; May 2 Loyalty Day Parade; June Inauguration of the
Musical Hall of Fame; June 17-20 Custom Automobile Show; June 27
Annual Soapbox Derby; June, July and August Friday night Wrestling
Shows; July and August All-Star Entertainment every Saturday Night;
July Monmouth Opera Festival every Sunday night; July 25 Peter DeRose
Memorial Concert; August 6-7 Annual Invitational Life Guard
Tournament; August 12 Annual Sea Queen Contest; August 23-27 Annual
Youth Week; September 5-6 Garden State Cat Club Show; September 26
Annual Holy Cross Day; October 7-9 NJ Conference of Mayors Exhibit;
October 10 Annual Landing of Columbus Pageant.
Occupying a place of importance on the north Atlantic shore of New
Jersey similar to that held by Atlantic City on the southern coast,
Asbury Park plays host to hundreds of conventions, in addition to
millions of vacationeers the year 'round. It is the location of the
State Executive Headquarters of the Jersey Conference of Mayors.
WRITE: Publicity Department, Convention Hall, Boardwalk, Asbury Park
- 56 miles from New York; 70 miles from Phiadelphia
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