Mario,
If memory serves me right, the only "free" parking, was at the
"mauls", as you call them. I've always "hated" the malls, over
downtown, any day. For years, I shopped in Deal, because Pix Shoes,
formerly of Main st., here had a store over there and a boutique
called the "French Connection" next door where I bought chic blazers,
sweaters and trousers, when I was in my "corporate" phase of my life.
I also shopped in Spring Lake, because they had a discount shoe store
there! By now, you should guess I had a "foot" fetish! I did
"schlepp" up to Woodbridge Center, with the kids to shop at Ohrbach's
and Stern's, because THEY were in that "I don't want to look like
everybody else" phase! I hate those kids now, (laughing)! All the
hoops they had me jumping through and developing a giant ulcer doing
it! The Varsity Jackets, (4), I bought for them, majorette boots for
my daughter who was in the band front, from Kislin's in Red Bank and
all of the Pop Warner gear I HAD to pay for, Track and Turf shoes from
Bob Kislin's in Ocean Twp. I'm shit poor, because of it, but as I've
said before, I raised 5 good kids.
I spent money like water, back then, but we were in Church every
Sunday and Midnight Mass, every Christmas and Easter. Now, I'm a CME
Catholic, Christmas, Mother's Day and Easter! I was a big fan of
Bamberger's too! Where I got the patience of being a Mother, I'll
never know and the pets, the kids just had to have, became MY pets to
water, feed and medicate! The Press did a piece on Bobby Braun,
former basketball player from 1981. I was at that game in Princeton,
with my 5 kids, husband and kids we had with us from Asbury Park, like
I had nothing to do! My Darren was a Senior, Glenn was at Stockton
and we had advanced tickets. People still talk about those days 27
years ago, about a team that was supposed to lose, won 85-65!
You had to be there!
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> For me, the most persuasive comments about parking (on both sides of
the
> issue) are below, following my opining.
>
> I grew up hearing over and over again that a major reason for the
demise of
> small town shopping centers was the free and ample parking available
at the
> then-new outdoor malls. I think that received wisdom is now called a
meme.
>
> And then came the even newer enclosed malls, now referred to by some
as
> "Mauls" and "air-conditioned hell."
>
> Nostalgia: Fond memories of being taken by the hand as a kid,
especially at
> Christmas time, to Bloomfield Center, "downtown" Nutley and
Belleville; and
> Newark where Bamberger's Thanksgiving/Christmas Parade was
predominantly
> Bam's employees before it was gobbled up by Macy's Inc. No
promotions for
> movies, schlock TV, twink idols, or kitschy Disney. Red and Green
lighted
> decorations were draped across our main streets with abandon, and
no one worried that
> some drivers might confuse them with the traffic lights. Sigh.
>
> When all that disappeared in NJ, my preference was NYC where you
could still
> brave the elements and experience what remained of the Grand Old
Department
> Stores like B. Altman's where long-time clerks knew their merchandise.
>
>
> ("City sidewalks, busy sidewalks, In the air there's a feeling of
Christmas,
> And on every street corner you hear Silver bells, silver bells As the
> shoppers rush home with their treasures, Hear the snow crunch....")
>
>
> But I digress. That was Then, This is Now.
>
> So, I'm still weighing the strong points below.
>
> As a footnote, I still remember admiring the ad hoc entrepreneurship
by
> Oceanport's property owners near Monmouth Race Track. You could
park on their
> lawns, even flower beds, for a few bucks more or less, depending on
how close
> they were to the main gate. I started to calculate how many cars
would fit on
> my property on my "Street of Dreams" in Asbury Park.
>
> ============================
> In a message dated 11/17/2008 12:10:28 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> Give people every reason to come to AP.
>
> We aren't popular enough yet to start challenging their decision to
come
> with parking meters.
>
>
> In a message dated 11/17/2008 3:20:35 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> I learned a long time ago NEVER to be the lowest bidder. What are you
> saying about yourself?
>
>
> In a message dated 11/17/2008 11:44:06 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> 1. Let People Pay for parking.
> a) they pay for food.
> b) they pay for drinks.
> c) they tip
> d) they have a good time
> e) they feel safe, or they wouldn't come
> f) they feel they have value for their money
>
>
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