[AsburyPark] Re: Madison Marquette is Far from In

2007-01-05 Thread justifiedright
Werner how about Long Branch? The similarities between their beachfront and ours are many. Pier Village, where I went with my family last weekend, is working very well. Why do you think it wouldn't work in AP? --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "wernerapnj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --

[AsburyPark] Re: Madison Marquette is Far from In

2007-01-05 Thread wernerapnj
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jack I understand and respect your feelings as stated above. But with > thousands of people going to Red Bank everyday even in the winter, > doesn't that suggest the Red Bank model is a good one? > Tommie, Yes

[AsburyPark] Re: Madison Marquette is Far from In

2007-01-05 Thread justifiedright
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Hinge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All I can see is Pier Village come to Asbury, just in a different >configuration. > And, while the influx of retailers would probably give a boost to >AP, my main worry is the > character of Asbury is going to disappear. Fo

[AsburyPark] Re: Madison Marquette is Far from In

2007-01-05 Thread justifiedright
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "dfsavgny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe the contingencies > are the same as I have laid out - MM saying to Partners " do what >you > are supposed to do and then we'll see" Ding Ding Ding! Give that man a prize! Very perceptive of you, Dan the Man! L

[AsburyPark] Re: Madison Marquette is Far from In

2007-01-05 Thread justifiedright
Werner is 100% correct with this post below! --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "wernerapnj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Fred, You are incorrect in your assumptions as to what the 'planned' > direction was. > > The plan was not to 'attract people year round' is was to create a year- > rou

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Madison Marquette is Far from In

2007-01-05 Thread charlie leonard
when you talk about having convention hall being a destination. what exaclty do you mean? are you talking about higher things, more then what its been used for in the past? (before the whole redevelopment stuff started) i think its just something that is there, everyone knows its there. the

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: New file uploaded to AsburyPark

2007-01-05 Thread charlie leonard
i dont see a new file loaded. maybe its not shown yet?? whats in it? i see the link, > http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/AsburyPark /files/MM- Proposal. JPG is this picture a rendering, if so. how is that posisable? the boardwalk is completely different. is this even posisable, or whos th

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Madison Marquette

2007-01-05 Thread charlie leonard
who is doing the work in the downstairs portion of the howard jonhsons building? asbury partners or the mm? someone said it was mm?i did notice some work being done on the windows above the hall opening, on the south side. __ Do You Yahoo!?

[AsburyPark] How To Screw Up A "Shore" Thing 101

2007-01-05 Thread dfsavgny
1 Bad Planning 2 Let Amateurs Run It 3 Let Amateurs Own It 4 Let Amateurs Control It 5 Do Nothing To Grab The Bull By The Horns 6 Poor Execution Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individua

[AsburyPark] Re: Madison Marquette is Far from In

2007-01-05 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "wernerapnj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The 'visitors should go elswhere' mentality. Who needs us bennies. Sure like our re tax payments though. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyP

[AsburyPark] Re: Madison Marquette is Far from In

2007-01-05 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Hinge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Werner, > Is this for real; > "I suppose most folks have never seen the rendering > of the interior of the 'new' Casino as a 3 level shopping mall." > Where can one go to see that? If this is in fact the direction they > are

[AsburyPark] Re: Madison Marquette is Far from In

2007-01-05 Thread wernerapnj
Arhythmick, The BC Hotel was pre-existing and had made a comeback over the years in spite of the lack of redevelopment. Its size and use made it undesirable for condemnation. The same for the Empress, it was being rehabed as a gay enclave. They were written into the plan to be saved unless emi

[AsburyPark] Re: Madison Marquette is Far from In

2007-01-05 Thread Hinge
Werner, Is this for real; "I suppose most folks have never seen the rendering of the interior of the 'new' Casino as a 3 level shopping mall." Where can one go to see that? If this is in fact the direction they are going in, where the hell are the going to put parking for that? I wonder what kinda

[AsburyPark] Re: Madison Marquette is Far from In

2007-01-05 Thread arhythmick
Werner, Based on your understanding of not wanting to attract people why do you suppose there were several hotels included in the design? Thanks --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "wernerapnj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Fred, You are incorrect in your assumptions as to what the 'planned' >

[AsburyPark] Re: Madison Marquette is Far from In

2007-01-05 Thread arhythmick
Werner, Based on your understanding of not wanting to attract people why do you suppose there were several hotels included in the design? Thanks --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "wernerapnj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Fred, You are incorrect in your assumptions as to what the 'planned' >

[AsburyPark] Re: Madison Marquette is Far from In

2007-01-05 Thread wernerapnj
Fred, You are incorrect in your assumptions as to what the 'planned' direction was. The plan was not to 'attract people year round' is was to create a year- round residential community. Visitors were not calculated into the mix as evidenced by the planning board testimony. Parking for visitors w

[AsburyPark] Re: Madison Marquette is Far from In

2007-01-05 Thread Fred
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Hinge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The plan is to attract people year round, I for one don't want year round attractions. Come labor day I want all visiters out. Do we really need tons of traffic year round? But that's what everbody wants. To make it a pla

[AsburyPark] Re: Madison Marquette is Far from In

2007-01-05 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Your source is wrong. Tell him I said so. MM laid out some > conditions that are currently being met. Once completed, MM starts > their work. > > From your recount of your source's info, it became clear that i

[AsburyPark] Re: Madison Marquette is Far from In

2007-01-05 Thread Hinge
But what are your feelings about the artists rendering of the redevelopment? Do you see them creating a mall by the sea with very little sensitivity to preserving what little is left of Asbury's heritage? Maybe i'm very much in the minority on this, but I figured I'd put it out there. All I can s

[AsburyPark] Re: Madison Marquette is Far from In

2007-01-05 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Fred" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >Sounds like you have bigger and deeper hears than me. I hope you're > wrong for all of our sakes. I only want good for AP. I have much to loose otherwise. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, g

[AsburyPark] Re: Madison Marquette is Far from In

2007-01-05 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > MM is in as soon as the contingencies are satisfied by Asbury > Partners. What you state sounds like a contract. All information to date is there is no contract. Do you have any info to the contrary? Perhaps

[AsburyPark] Re: New file uploaded to AsburyPark

2007-01-05 Thread justifiedright
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "wernerapnj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tommie, That really sounds like the typical 'anything is better >than > nothing' evaluation. It looks great ??? What about it 'looks >great'? What does that mean to you? The biggest question on anyone's mind when th

[AsburyPark] Re: Madison Marquette is Far from In

2007-01-05 Thread Fred
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "dfsavgny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "asburycouple" > wrote: > > > >Sounds like you have bigger and deeper hears than me. I hope you're wrong for all of our sakes. Let's hope this is not the future of these condo proj

[AsburyPark] Re: Madison Marquette is Far from In

2007-01-05 Thread justifiedright
Your source is wrong. Tell him I said so. MM laid out some conditions that are currently being met. Once completed, MM starts their work. >From your recount of your source's info, it became clear that it was all made up when your source started to make MM sound like a social justice organiz

[AsburyPark] Re: Madison Marquette is Far from In

2007-01-05 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "asburycouple" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Let's hope this is not the future of these condo projects here... > I also heard that RDR is defaulting on the its loans and BOA may move for foreclosure. Not a pretty picture in AP. There is widespread stockhom s

[AsburyPark] Coredemus & Palaia Out - Rev. Brown In

2007-01-05 Thread jerseykev
Legislator Corodemus won't seek re-election He and Palaia both bowing out Posted by the _Asbury Park Press_ (http://www.app.com/) on 01/5/07 BY _BILL BOWMAN_ (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) COASTAL MONMOUTH BUREAU _Post Comment _ (http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=200

[AsburyPark] Re: Madison Marquette is Far from In

2007-01-05 Thread asburycouple
Let's hope this is not the future of these condo projects here... Failed Condos Spur Rise in Vacant Apartments By ALEX FRANGOS January 5, 2007; Page A2 The U.S. apartment market ended 2006 with a surprisingly large increase in the number of empty apartments, due to a combination of rising rent

[AsburyPark] Re: Madison Marquette is Far from In

2007-01-05 Thread wernerapnj
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "dfsavgny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >... Anyone with real estate experience shakes their > head at what has been going on here for the past 5 years. > As are those with planning, preservation, restoration, urban revitalization, engineering and economic bac

[AsburyPark] Re: New file uploaded to AsburyPark

2007-01-05 Thread Hinge
"How does it build upon AP's unique character?" Werner, what I see from that image is a complete loss of AP's unique character. I see something like a mall sitting next to a beach. No boardwalk. Just Disney. It figures, because the architect also designed parts of downtown Disney. While I believe h

[AsburyPark] Re: New file uploaded to AsburyPark

2007-01-05 Thread wernerapnj
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Hinge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There appears to be no boardwalk. > How the hell does this company, who says in there press release that they will try and > preserve the historic elements of AP think that this plan does that? > Sure, CH and the Casino rem

[AsburyPark] Madison Marquette is Far from In

2007-01-05 Thread dfsavgny
I have it on good sources that MM has not done a deal with Fishman, and quite frankly, may not do anything if Fishman and Partners stay in the deal. They are quite fed up with these bunch of losers and continually shake their heads at how a city could have possibly given the redevelopment right

[AsburyPark] Re: New file uploaded to AsburyPark

2007-01-05 Thread wernerapnj
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That looks great! > Tommie, That really sounds like the typical 'anything is better than nothing' evaluation. It looks great ??? What about it 'looks great'? What does that mean to you? Some things to ponder: