[AsburyPark] Re: WoW - TGIO

2008-11-19 Thread New Beetoap
Finally - someone who understands what Im talking about !! EXPECTATIONS, especially the ones visitors have. Ive done some more reading about this whole thing and now see the whole redevelopment has been off track for YEARS. Im feeling real sympathy for you all, insisting that things are

[AsburyPark] Re: So how about those beachfront lights?

2008-11-19 Thread New Beetoap
Up here in North Jersey they take this stuff very seriously - some towns have laws controlling lighting. The NJ Astronomical Association is very active. http://www.njaa.org/light.html From what I remember of my AP visit there are some really intrusive lights around. Should be an easy fix.

[AsburyPark] Just Waded Through...

2008-11-19 Thread New Beetoap
Over 400 postings - Most of it BS (religion, poitics, arguing) What surprises me is that the budget discussion hasnt taken off. What happened - thats propably the biggest issue. Directly related is the parking fiasco, the unfinished beachfront fiasco, the no condos fiasco, the no deadlines

[AsburyPark] Re: Just Waded Through...

2008-11-19 Thread oakdorf
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, New Beetoap [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Over 400 postings - Most of it BS (religion, poitics, arguing) I looked forward to a HUGE improvement on my next visit. HEre's an improvement - Stella Marina opened and Lagosta. Before all this bs, lagosta to me

[AsburyPark] Re: NYT

2008-11-19 Thread sharon_b283
Sure does! Hope that springs, that is! That whole recent episode on Mary Magdalene, continues to make me question, just what is Catholicism and why the hell am I so confused? My faith is one that I never questioned until REAL life set in. Here, in Asbury Park, there were no less than four

[AsburyPark] Re: WoW - TGIO

2008-11-19 Thread New Beetoap
OK - Thanks for the backup - I know thats what was advertised and thats what I expected. Why did everyone - including you - tell me I was wrong? I think everyone here just likes to argue instead of addressing real issues. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, justifiedright [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[AsburyPark] Re: Parking: Pro and Con ( some Nostalgia)

2008-11-19 Thread sharon_b283
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

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Just Waded Through...

2008-11-19 Thread MarioAPNJ
Great post Oak... Those specifics -- I remember them all. Also like Lance's comment in the NYT: 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

[AsburyPark] Re: Just Waded Through...

2008-11-19 Thread oakdorf
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Great post Oak... Those specifics -- I remember them all. And the biggest way to tell it has changed...my wife ASKS ME to go to the boardwalk and my daughter no longer asks if she could go climb around the haunted hojo's or

[AsburyPark] Re: Just Waded Through...

2008-11-19 Thread oakdorf
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, oakdorf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: and lasty (I promise for now) a couple weeks ago I was away for the weekend and called my daughter around 9:30 pm where are you,,,? What are you doing on the boardwalk walking the dog with jay... Then she told me later

[AsburyPark] Dog Needs Help-Will Be Destroyed

2008-11-19 Thread Mickarthy
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Re: [AsburyPark] Just Waded Through...

2008-11-19 Thread MarioAPNJ
In a message dated 11/19/2008 8:02:34 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Over 400 postings - Most of it BS (religion, poitics, arguing)...Surely there are important things to talk about ??? I'd really like to know whats going on down there. I looked forward to a HUGE

[AsburyPark] Tunnel Tillie

2008-11-19 Thread MarioAPNJ
Tunnel Tillie. Tillie without the facial cellulite? Or Tille after Botox? Just received this, labeled Last Stop, Coney Island, from a friend in NY. I posted it here: _AsburyPark: View Photo: Tillie_

[AsburyPark] Re: Just Waded Through...

2008-11-19 Thread sandpiper15
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, oakdorf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: List what you'd like to see Won't happen, but since the question was unconditional, a new Casino. As bad as the unfinished condos and construction sites look, most of them are inland. You see a construction site

[AsburyPark] Clothing for Kids!

2008-11-19 Thread Michael W. Brim
Please join The Harrison for afternoon of food, fun and TV's to Help the children of Asbury Park! Bring new winter clothing for Xmas all children sizes needed. At: The Harrison, 716 Cookman Ave., Asbury Park Date: Sunday, December 14th Time: 1:00PM-5:00PM Items to be

[AsburyPark] Re: The Park...

2008-11-19 Thread Jack Pitzer
Wow. Super cool. Wouldn't it be a great treat if we had a winter skating rink? Maybe where the hay maze currently sits? Of course, it makes me wonder how many people still have ice skates. I don't, but I'd buy some if we had a skating rink a few blocks from where I live. --- In

[AsburyPark] It can't get any lower....but is MM's fund guarenteed by the US GOV??

2008-11-19 Thread oakdorf
as the market drops another 400+ points. Here's a question or a thought... Is Madison Marquette's Retail Enhancement Fund safe or backed by the us gov? Consider this- ..some of the national investors in the fund are ColoradoSers, OhioSers, PennsylvaniaSers and ...Wells Fargo. The SERS are

[AsburyPark] Re: The Park...

2008-11-19 Thread dapawprint
H... Wasn't there a place in AP called The Casino where Ice Skating happened? --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Jack Pitzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow. Super cool. Wouldn't it be a great treat if we had a winter skating rink? Maybe where the hay maze currently sits? Of course, it

[AsburyPark] more on the fund...

2008-11-19 Thread oakdorf
Very interesting (maybe boring for some), but from this read, $60m (that number again) seems that was MM.s money, then this pension system, Jan 2007, kicked in $125m (25%). Dan would be the best to comment I guess. http://www.psers.state.pa.us/org/board/resolutions/2007/madison.pdf Some of

[AsburyPark] Re: more on the fund...

2008-11-19 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, oakdorf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Very interesting (maybe boring for some), but from this read, $60m (that number again) seems that was MM.s money, then this pension system, Jan 2007, kicked in $125m (25%). Dan would be the best to comment I guess.

[AsburyPark] Re: more on the fund... and on MM

2008-11-19 Thread dsher4
We have to be careful what we wish for here. The disaster scenario would be MM pulls out of Asbury and nobody else steps up to take over the project because other real estate opportunities are trading at distressed prices now but don't have nearly the risk that Asbury has. Or MM funds for

[AsburyPark] Re: The Park...

2008-11-19 Thread wernerapnj
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dapawprint [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: H... Wasn't there a place in AP called The Casino where Ice Skating happened? DUH- Before Fishman (BF) I brought Ron Berman the

[AsburyPark] Re: The Park...

2008-11-19 Thread oakdorf
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, wernerapnj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: DUH- Apparently there are professionals who work for their client... Years back, some people got out of leases because the buildings they were in were had structural defects.. The Casino and CH were two of them

[AsburyPark] Re: more on the fund...

2008-11-19 Thread oakdorf
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dfsavgny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, you don't want them to leave town, otherwise you might wind up with the old beer banner signs that graced the buildings on the boardwalk... Very curious though on the terms of investments in the fund. There could be a

[AsburyPark] Re: more on the fund... and on MM

2008-11-19 Thread nobepeymay
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dsher4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We have to be careful what we wish for here. The disaster scenario would be MM pulls out of Asbury and nobody else steps up to take over the project because other real estate opportunities are trading at distressed