I was thinking more in terms of look then in content. I'd like to be proven wrong. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing but respect for all the retailers that have opened on our boardwalk. I guess the problem for me is that I'm not easily seduced by the redevelopment. I will always agree that it looks better, but the direction that the content of the redevelopment has taken does little for me. When I see our boardwalk, I remember the AP of my childhood, as well as all the boardwalks i've seen throughout my life. There's none of that wonder and excitement on our boardwalk for me. None of the sights, sounds or smells. I just see high priced retail, $68 tee shirts and $70 shorts. I don't go to the boardwalk for things like that. And I also think that the traffic we are starting to see would be dramatically bigger if tourism was the focus, not retail. I respect other peoples joy over where we are at, but I'm sorry, it does nothing for me. It's just not what I hoped for, and no matter how hard I try I can't even force myself to like it.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Allan Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jack, > It is not a strip mall...yet. Currently you have mom & pop retailers. Many > are residents of Asbury who want to aid in the rebuilding and have taken risks to create these specility shops. With that being said, who else would open up stores on the boardwalk/ This is truely the first summer the boradwalk has a direction and it was very late in opening. Retail works in a cycles. You will have the mom & pop stores and as they build customers, the retail giants then move in. Rents go up and the mom & pops leave. You see this happen all over. If I do recall, MM did mention J Crew as a retailer when they were proposing the boardwalk rebuild. Time will tell. > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Jack Pitzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 12:12:26 PM > Subject: [AsburyPark] Re: Help Need with ReVision's productions of HAIR. > > > I'm sorry that you take issue with my comment, but to me, the 5th Ave. > pavilion currently > looks like a strip mall. Does it look better yes, but I think it's been > ruined. To me, it looks > throw together, and not faithfully restored according to the plan. It doesn't > even fit into > the classic look of CH and the Paramount, nor what the Casino will look like > if that's ever > completed. > There are strip malls in this country that have fine dining establishments > and places like > you've mentioned, but they are still strip malls. They are all over the Miami > area. > I honestly think that people are so weary from decades of neglect that the > boardwalk > experienced that people have lowered their expectations and are willing to > accept any > progress without question. > Now we have a bandshell that probably doesn't have a future. How is that > going to be > resolved? I'm willing to bet that it doesn't get resolved, because people are > being too > seduced by what they perceive to be progress. Our city has also been lulled > by the > seduction, and they don't appear to have the balls to step up and do anything > about it. > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com, "dsher4" <dsher4@> wrote: > > > > How many strip malls have places like Hot Sand, LaPlaca and two > > dining establishments that look out onto a beautiful beach/surf. I > > take issue with that comment. > > > > I do agree, however, that the bandshell should have a future and it > > doesn't seem that way now. > > > > Dan S. > > > > > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com, "Jack Pitzer" <hinge98@> wrote: > > > > > > Unfortunately I'm at work and I can't turn it up load enough to > > hear the response. What > > > does it say? It sounds to me like they aren't answering the > > question Werner posed. > > > Meanwhile, while we're all praising MM for the amazing job they've > > done, that very praise > > > is going to overshadow the fact that MM went way past what was > > supposed to be done and > > > basically destroyed the 5th Ave. pavilion. Now it's a strip mall > > with expensive dining. No > > > bandshell. We might as well kiss the bandshell goodbye, because I > > really don't see MM > > > removing the heating and A/C units. And there is no way on earth > > that the one next to the > > > stage can be concealed or silenced in any way to make performances > > up there possible. > > > Once again. our city drops the ball and let's the developers do > > whatever they want. > > > > > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com, "sandpiper15" <sandpiper15@ > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com, "Jack Pitzer" <hinge98@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I'm wondering why this isn't more of an uproar about the > > current > > > > situation with the > > > > > bandshell. > > > > > > > > > > > > Actually, if you click here > > > > <http://www.asburyra dio.com/audio/ PublicComment070 208_007.mp3> > > and FF > > > > to 12:18, I think you'll find the response to Werner's very > > articulate > > > > and well-founded question regarding the bandshell to be quite > > uproarious > > > > - in a Marxian sort of way. ("That's in every contract. That's > > what they > > > > call a sanity clause. - Ha! You can't fool me. There ain't no > > Sanity > > > > Claus.") > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
