didn't read as a joke but whatever. sorry if i offended you or anyone
else. easy to do here. it seems people enjoy being offended.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Gabrielle Obre"
> <gabrielleobre@> wrote:
>
> It was joke Gabbi, and a funny one. The brunt of the joke is the
> World, not Asbury, in case you didn't get it.
>
> I hope spouses are at least off limits for abuse around here.
>
>
> >
> > sorta sounds like something a scamming drug addict would say.
> >
> > "just when i was 6 months clean, smack drops in price"
> >
> > do you think any of ap's failures have anything to do with the
> people
> > that have been making decisions and not making decisions here for
> the
> > past chunk of decades?
> >
> > don't get me wrong, i don't mind the "failures". I am not one of
> those
> > people who moved here because i thought "its gonna be great in a
> > couple of years" or because i invested in the place, i was happy to
> > take it as is. but lets be real about its issues. maybe not so
> easy to
> > do if you have tentacles reaching into the halls of mediocre
> power, or
> > if you are afraid of being wernerized.
> >
> >
> > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright"
> > <justifiedright@> wrote:
> > >
> > > My wife told me the entire World Economy tanked BECAUSE Asbury
> Park
> > > was making a comeback.
> > >
> > > Like it was a last ditch global effort to keep the place down.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "dfsavgny" <dfsavgny@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > November 16, 2008
> > > > Our Towns
> > > > A Boardwalk Is Poised for Revival. Then the Economy Tanks.
> > > > By PETER APPLEBOME
> > > >
> > > > ASBURY PARK, N.J.
> > > >
> > > > Yes, it is something of a bummer.
> > > >
> > > > Three or four decades of stops and starts mostly stops in
> this
> > > > legendarily faded and ill-starred stretch of the Jersey Shore
> and
> > > > finally, finally, things seem to reach a critical mass.
> Revived
> > > music
> > > > halls of all shapes and sizes. Cool bars, a Mexican taqueria,
> a
> > > surfer
> > > > shop, glass blowers and a potter on the Boardwalk. The
> renovated
> > > > Convention Hall and Paramount Theater with its "Greetings From
> > > Asbury
> > > > Park" sign out front. And the famous Thursday night "yappy
> hour" for
> > > > pets at the Wonder Bar.
> > > >
> > > > The idea is sort of Jersey Shore meets South Beach while still
> > > staying
> > > > Jersey Shore, and it's not nearly as much of a stretch as it
> might
> > > > seem. But on a miserable rainy Thursday, with the economy
> blowing up
> > > > like a joke cigar, it feels more like Springsteen meets
> Fellini: The
> > > > ratty old Howard Johnson is now the hip seaside Salt Water
> Beach
> > > Cafe;
> > > > and the stalled Esperanza condominium project on Asbury Park's
> most
> > > > famous lot of death, known for its doomed projects, is a
> hulking
> > > > reminder of what has gone wrong in the midst of plenty that
> seems to
> > > > be going right.
> > > >
> > > > Still, those who've bet their future that there really is one
> in a
> > > > place that a decade ago was about as much of a wasteland as
> you
> > > could
> > > > find in America seem pretty philosophical about the bad
> timing.
> > > Let's
> > > > face it, we're all feeling our way through the smoke without
> much of
> > > > an idea of what's around the corner. So maybe Asbury Park is
> just
> > > like
> > > > any other place, only more so, one foot just out of the crypt,
> the
> > > > other reaching for firm ground, whistling past the graveyard
> into
> > > the
> > > > great beyond.
> > > >
> > > > Take Marilyn Schlossbach, a Jersey Shore native and a well-
> known
> > > local
> > > > restaurateur. Back in the false revival of the 1980s, she lost
> the
> > > > land she'd inherited from her parents in a failed restaurant
> > > venture.
> > > > This time, she and her husband are presiding over Pop's
> Garage, the
> > > > taqueria; Lightly Salted, the surf shop; and the just-opened
> > > Langosta
> > > > Lounge, billed as a "global fusion" restaurant. They are all
> part
> > > of a
> > > > $60 million investment by the Madison Marquette development
> firm in
> > > > the Boardwalk, which this weekend has all its major
> attractions open
> > > > for the first time. Altogether, at least $160 million has been
> > > > invested in an area that a decade ago was a seaside ghost town.
> > > >
> > > > You might think this is pretty cruel timing, but Ms.
> Schlossbach,
> > > who
> > > > has seen enough over the years, figures that this is just
> another
> > > hand
> > > > to play.
> > > >
> > > > "There's something about this place that sucks you in," she
> said on
> > > > Thursday, the ocean a dark, angry swirl outside the window of
> the
> > > > lounge. "You could say it's cursed or you could say it's got
> karmic
> > > > energy or you could say it's blessed. I don't know. But there's
> > > > something about Asbury Park that keeps you coming back. I'm
> living
> > > > proof of it. I've already lost and gained and lost and gained
> a
> > > couple
> > > > of times, but I'm here, and I still want to be here."
> > > >
> > > > If not for Bruce Springsteen, whose 1973 debut
> album, "Greetings
> > > From
> > > > Asbury Park, N.J.," turned this place from faded Jersey Shore
> town
> > > to
> > > > national icon, maybe no one would care all that much about
> Asbury
> > > > Park. Developed as a seaside resort in 1871, its Boardwalk
> became a
> > > > shore monument in the 1920s. The place waxed and waned over
> the
> > > years,
> > > > and lurched toward disaster after racial unrest that peaked
> with the
> > > > riots of 1970. Then the waterfront slipped into total ruin and
> > > > abandonment in the early 1990s.
> > > >
> > > > "To see people on the Boardwalk in the winter, it's a
> miracle," said
> > > > Leigh Grahill, who is moving her business, which sells hand-
> sewn
> > > > couture, to the arcade in Convention Hall. "Until last year,
> you
> > > would
> > > > not find a soul, not a soul, there. I remember when I first
> started
> > > > looking at Asbury Park in 1999, parking my car in the middle
> of the
> > > > day and not wanting to get out because there was no one there,
> not a
> > > > car, not a sound, nothing."
> > > >
> > > > Various big residential plans came and went, but, partly
> because of
> > > an
> > > > influx of gay men and lesbians looking for cheaper
> alternatives to
> > > > places like Fire Island, it began coming back around 2000. The
> > > > residential revival helped bring back downtown, now quite
> alive with
> > > > shops and restaurants. Then came the beachfront development,
> > > beginning
> > > > around 2005. From 2007 to 2008, the number of daily beach-
> access
> > > > badges sold during the summer increased to 52,000 from 38,000.
> Live
> > > > Nation, the concert promoter, signed an agreement to promote
> music
> > > at
> > > > various locations.
> > > >
> > > > After all those years of going nowhere, Asbury Park was
> clearly
> > > going
> > > > somewhere. And then, boom the bottom fell out of the economy.
> > > >
> > > > A glass-full outlook might say that people need entertainment,
> that
> > > > two million people live within 45 minutes of the place, that
> there's
> > > > nothing comparable on the Shore and that in bad times people
> might
> > > > want entertainment closer to home anyway.
> > > >
> > > > Lance Larson, a veteran musician who helps run the Wonder Bar,
> > > figures
> > > > that Asbury Park has a heritage of music, art and eccentricity
> that
> > > > will attract people, tough times or no.
> > > >
> > > > "We have one thing that no one else does, and that's
> entertainment,"
> > > > he said, picking at a cheeseburger on Thursday
> afternoon. "It's not
> > > > just because of Bruce. It's always been that way. I've toured
> every
> > > > place, and there's no place like playing here. It's like Parris
> > > > Island, the boot camp of music. If you can play here, you can
> play
> > > > anywhere."
> > > >
> > > > And if the economy goes totally in the tank at the start of
> Asbury
> > > > Park's big new moment? He shrugs. "We've been to hell
> already," he
> > > > said. "Been there, done that. If we could handle that, we can
> handle
> > > > this."
> > > >
> > > > E-mail: peappl@
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
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