Dan, I just want our grand old boardwalk back that gives equal time to entertainment for familes and children. Just like on the inside covers of the Helen Pike book. I miss the crackle of shooting galleries, I miss the ionized air smell of bumper cars and the sweet scent of cotton candy and taffy being made. I miss the screams of children on roller coasters. I miss the view from the top of a ferris wheel. I really miss skee ball. I've seen things that look exactly like what our pavillions are becoming all over this country, from California to Miami...but this isn't California or Miami, it's Asbury Park. Maybe MM is creating a new identity for AP, but that identity has already been taken scores of other times. We already had unique, and that unique has been squandered and ignored. And I can honestly say that if MM would've looked to the past instead of the future, and preserved and brought back the look and feel of the boardwalk as it was in it's heyday, then we would've had unique in our homogenized landscape. Once again, it's just me talking, reflecting on my values, likes and dislikes. Other people love what is happening. I just can't fake that, which is why i'm being so critical.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "dsher4" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jack, > > I am curious what type of shops should be in the pavillions so they > aren't a strip mall? Also, who knows if Gary is telling the truth > but if you read the article in the tri city news he does not want to > bring in big retailers because he realizes that is not what the > boardwalk is about and would not create a UNIQUE destination. So > far i think they have done a decent job in the unique department. > > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Allan Peterson <nnjallans1@> > 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 <hinge98@> > > 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/
