Werner, Based on your understanding of not wanting to attract people why do you suppose there were several hotels included in the design? Thanks
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "wernerapnj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Fred, You are incorrect in your assumptions as to what the 'planned' > direction was. > > The plan was not to 'attract people year round' is was to create a year- > round residential community. Visitors were not calculated into the mix > as evidenced by the planning board testimony. Parking for visitors was > not accounted for and street spaces were alocated for residential use. > > Streets were eliminated and made narrower to discourage traffic as > opposed to increasing mobility. Being a destination was clearly > rejected from the start. 'Let them go someplace else' was the testimony > when asked about the lack of parking. > > The model, very inappropriate model, being used is that of a new > sururban development. Such as taking a farm in Howell, building a > residential community from scratch and then adding an adjacent strip > mall shopping center. > > Building upon APs unique heritage and name recognition as a destination > has been rejected from the start. Creating a 'City within a City' is > evident from the adopted plan and land use zoning. > > Certainly there are concessions to such monumental buildings as CH and > the CAS simply because that are too large and historically significant > to have been ignored. I suppose most folks have never seen the rendeing > of the interior of the 'new' Casino as a 3 level shopping mall. > > When the big picture is taken in this is a suburban development model > up against the Ocean instead of on a former farm. > > Werner > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Fred" <asburydogma@> wrote: > > > > The plan is to attract people year round, I for one don't want year > > round attractions. Come labor day I want all visiters out. Do we > > really need tons of traffic year round? But that's what everbody > > wants. To make it a place of desination it must be different. Give > > them the summer give us the rest. > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/