Exactly, "perception"
When someone from outside of AP see's a headline "man shot in asbury".....now
they just have AP in their head and a shooting, not where it actually took place
So many of my friends have looked at myself and my fiance as if we had 30 heads
when we suggested going out to eat in AP 5,6,7 yrs ago, when we finally got
them too Cookman they understood it wasn't that bad, it was safe.
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Hinge" <hing...@yahoo.com>
Sender: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:43:00
To: <AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com>
Reply-To: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [AsburyPark] Re: Downtown paid parking went into effect today
Actually, it seems like much of the downtown crime isn't reported to the media.
Not too long ago, Humorandgrace had their window smashed in my building, and
more recently somebody climbed the fire escape to the 2nd floor of my office
and stole a hoard of power tools. There has also been several un-reported to
the media muggings.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, cbrianwatkins@... wrote:
>
> I am NOT saying there is crime there now, that is the "perception" outsiders
> have. Although my car was broken into on Bond 4wks ago....
>
> 2yrs ago when I was thinking of opening an office in AP I had pulled police
> reports for crimes on this particular section of Cookman. Countless car
> break-ins and several mugging attempts, but that was 2yrs ago. I'm sure its
> much better now
>
> I have co-workers who live in RedBank and Absolutely love eating in AP, but
> they won't go to Cookman at night, they have this perception that when the
> sun goes down, the criminals come out to "play"
>
> The APP doesn't help with that perception, unless you live in AP and know
> firsthand its not as bad as its made out to be
>
> I used the meters today, I enjoyed finding parking, and didn't mind paying
> the $4
>
>
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "2fast4u" <sharon_b283@...>
> Sender: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:23:06
> To: <AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com>
> Reply-To: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [AsburyPark] Re: Downtown paid parking went into effect today
>
> Apparently some of you weren't around before 1984-1994, when a few
> stores were still open on Cookman like Jay Davids, the Youth Center, Wolco's,
> The Press Box, Rexall Drugs and Lynn's was still open.
> There were meters then and really can't remember when they pulled them up.
> There were parking meters on Sewall Ave., Bond St, Monroe
> Ave. and Emory Sts. The Palace was still open and you had to park
> around the perimeter of the building. There were parking meters everywhere.
> The conventional kind. The Asbury Park Police
> would chalk the back of your tire and ticket you, unless you fed the
> meter. City Hall was on Bangs Ave. and you had to walk up a flight
> of stairs to pay your fine. $2.00!
>
> The whole downtown was still open in 1970 with Steinbach's as the anchor
> store, The Press was next to 1st Merchant's Bank on Mattison
> Ave. I ate at the Press Box everyday, when I was pregnant, just
> for the kosher dill pickle. I would get the #18 or #20 bus from
> So. Belmar into Asbury Park, after dropping my 5 year old to
> Afternoon Kindergarten, spend just enough time in AP to pick my
> daughter up from school and walk the few blocks home from Belmar
> Elementary School. On Wednesdays, Asbury Park Stores were open
> late. Imagine a soft snow falling while you're Christmas
> Shopping. I never forgot that and the "Village" feel to what I
> thought was New England! C'mon, I was new here. Just some fond
> memories I have about this area and what it meant to the natives
> and my children, who saw the changes evolve here.
>
> Pay the fee, have a cup of coffee, enjoy the scene. Wish I could
> still ride a bike, fearless. I love reading how many of you ride yours.
> Life is short. I still don't think residents should pay
> to park in front of their own homes and don't understand a council
> that won't paint "residents only with decal" that glues inside
> the windshield, for the outrageous taxes they pay. I live 2 blocks
> from Cookman. Being the "commuter" Mom I was, I'd drive! Like Mrs.
> Magoo!
>
> Show me where the crime is downtown, please! I mean Cookman,
> Mattison and the Wesley Lake area.
>
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, cbrianwatkins@ wrote:
> >
> > Seriously? A discussion about parking meters has turned into threatening to
> > boycott someone's business (if they even own one) because of their
> > opinion....
> >
> > Are we adults or children?
> >
> >
> > Let's get back on track.........
> >
> > Weekday shoppers are turned off from shopping in AP for two
> > reasons.....crime and lack of parking
> >
> > So how do we address those two items?
> >
> >
> > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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