Sorry Tommy but being almost 10 years older than you I have many more memories
of The Casino. The concerts did not come until later years ---When we were
young we used to go ice skating there and loved going on the carousel. My
mother would dress us up and it would be a very special occasion---she even
made us wear the little white lace gloves from our Holy Communion outfit! (I'm
surprised my dad didn't make us carry the little white plastic prayerbooks).
I think it is beautiful in the evening the way it is lit up and gives me a
very special and proud feeling when I ride through the waterfront at night.
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:16:29
+0000Subject: [AsburyPark] Re: Top 10 Ugliest Buildings In The World
oh come on, the nostalgia nazi didn't get that much and the carouselbuilding is
a delight. i have a decent number of memories there and iam not much younger
than you. not shows, but games and the like. have no idea what your problem is
with CH, the place makes me swoon.so i guess you have no care for stone pony,
baronet and the lanes?knock em all down?--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com,
"justifiedright"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:>> I've been a great supporter of the
current Redevelopment Plan, and > still am.> > But if you asked me what one
thing I would change if they let me, it > would be the decision to save the
Casino. "Save it" is a misnomer > anyway since more of it may have been gone
than was left of it.> > What a missed opportunity. What a piece of realty,
between the > Ocean and a Lake. > > That parcel of real estate could have been
used for a signature > building, something world-wide glorious. Think of the
Australian > Opera house - when you see it, you say, "That's Austrialia."> >
Imagine a building that makes a new generation say, 'That's Asbury > Park."
Instead, we have Tillie, a clown face we stole from Coney > Island, devoid of
artistic worth, to define us.> > Just the construction of such a grand building
and the anticipation > it would bring would be it's own adverstising. > >
Casino was always Convention Hall's ugly sister, and while you might > name one
or two acts that played there, it really wasn't the big of > a place for shows.
> > It had a short life as something good anyway. I'm 45 and when I was > a kid
it was a falling down half boarded up mess.> > We had this conversation before.
You have to be pretty old to even > remember seeing a significant act there.> >
But alas, the Nostalgia Nazi, comprised mostly of people who never > saw one
day in the Casino but have mythologized its worth beyond > reasonable
proportion, won the day.> > Far be it from Asbury Park to have one outdated
Hall that never > turned a profit (CH). We have to have two!> > Good grief.> >
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Gabrielle Obre" > <gabrielleobre@>
wrote:> >> > just sat at the beautiful bar at stella marina with a friend. we >
loved> > seeing the casino edifice through the windows. i thought of werner> >
because the most annoying thing about sitting at the bar (and i> > imagine some
of the tables) is the obnoxious parking lot lights> > beaming in at you.> > > >
love the casino building. its not ugly.> > > > > > --- In
AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright"> > <justifiedright@> wrote:> > >>
> > > http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/10/22/ugliest.buildings/?> > >
iref=intlOnlyonCNN#cnnSTCPhoto> > > > > > or> > > > > >
http://tinyurl.com/5rn24e> > > > > > I am shocked, SHOCKED, that the words
"Asbury" "Park" > and "Casino" > > > don't appear on this list.> > >> >>
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