I am 60+, and never recalled it being anything but shuttered, which led me to
ask my dad if he knew what it was. I distinctly recall his answer - A Cafeteria.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jack Pitzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 5:02 pm
Subject: [AsburyPark] Re: Fire in Ocean Grove - Suspicious
I sincerely think that there's no way this could've been some politically
motivated arson,
for the simple fact that I doubt anybody would be stupid enough to take a
chance on
destroying much of OG via a fire. If the wind had been blowing in the opposite
direction
last night, that's what would've happened.
-- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "sharon_b283" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Funny, while it's easy to "blame" it on drug users, the "timing"
> couldn't have been better, since Summer has officially ended. There's
> corruption in Neptune just as there is in Asbury! That was a really
> biased statement to make! Sure BLAME it on drugs, when it's your
> politicians you should be looking at! I'll bet I'm closer than I even
> dare to think.
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "cujosmom2" <cujosmom2@> wrote:
> >
> > I live in OG and from what I saw it was the maintenance building
> adjacent the lake. I think
> > it used to be a theater a long time ago. What's a little suspicious
> is that=2
0this parcel of land
> > is to be part of the whole 'North End Development Plan' that so many
> Ocean Grovers are
> > against. The building was condemned and was scheduled to be
> demolished within the
> > next two weeks. Yesterday was move-out day for the Methodist
> 'tenters', the end of the
> > season. Is it a coincidence that day after all the summer folks and
> bennies leave, this place
> > goes up in smoke?
> >
> >
> > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Jack Pitzer" <hinge98@> wrote:
> > >
> > > The building in question was originally a swim club, long abandoned.
> > > Skateboarders and graffitti people have frequented the pool for years.
> > > As I was walking home, many people were talking about what might
> be the cause of the
> > > fire, and most of the talk was about squatters and street people
> who apparently snuck
> > into
> > > the building at night to do drugs etc. That's just speculation on
> their part.
>
