Ironic - shortly after my prior post regarding the defacing of our classic
buildings I see a report about the Asbury Lanes...
Note the before and after photos... what a shame.
http://asburyparksun.com/new-color-new-coat-of-paint-at-asbury-lanes/
Boston's Mayor Thomas Menino has been dogged by allegations he's too soft on
crime.
Last Tuesday he sent out notice of a press conference announcing a new crime
task force. The venue: the street in front of a rental property.
There, Menino announced his new wave of crime fightingfocused on
Lets take a couple examples from the real world.
My dad always told me tough shit - this is the real world. that was the same
thing he told his bio students that wanted to get into medical school, but
didn't bother to study for a test.
Tenant 1: Rent is $1350 per month. Her share of that is
Two shootings in Asbury Park, Neptune leave two men hospitalized
Shots rang out twice within three hours Thursday night, in front of Asbury Park
and Neptune homes less than a mile apart, sending two local men to the
hospital, prosecutors said.
The shootings were the latest in a string of
http://therealdeal.com/newyork/articles/istar-financial-faces-potential-collapse-fitch
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as the vacant apartments get knocked down @ 8th ave.
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I took the meaning of blew it again as referring to the lost
opportunity to install the NJ Hall of Fame in Asbury Park. The entire
'Pony Block' should have been designated for such a use instead of
being zoned for condos.
The Casino complex could have been a nice venue for such an enterprise
The city blew it again.
Yesterday a major exhibit was announced for the R n R Hall of Fame... a Bruce
exhibit.
Of course AP will be a part of that exhibit.
And here we are with our most well known and recognizable export, with nothing.
And what do we get?
A boardwalk with mostly failing high end
All Paper, No News 23 Dec 2008
From http://tinyurl.com/7b6rol
People who are into journalism and newspapers and the web and the death of
print have been all a-twitter over the NY Times story today about the
triCityNews, a little alt-weekly in Monmouth County, New Jersey.
I spent a
From Recovering Journalist: Jumping to the Wrong Conclusion (a
professional POV) a Comment following it (Somewhat testy - lol):
http://tinyurl.com/77zc3h
New York Times media columnist David Carr, who is staking out a position as
a staunch defender of the primacy of the traditional
http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/10/30/tdeseno_1030/#comments
If you leave comments over there they will likely have me write more,
and you'll be rid of me here!
See, everybody can win.
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Can We Impeach a President If He Bankrupted the Country?
On Oct 30, 2008, at 9:57 PM, justifiedright wrote:
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If you leave comments over there they will likely have me write more,
and you'll be rid of me here!
See, everybody
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... I remember the Morro Castle, the boardwalk collapse, and the
beginning of PARKING METERS installed for the sight seers. I remember
going to Bond Street Grammar School, being a safety crossing guard and
getting in to see the Asbury Park Blue Bishops
Have any of you ever been to Florent, which until yesterday was a 24 hour a day
oasis of great
food, cool people and reasonable prices in the now hip and trendy Meat Packing
District of
NYC?
It was one of my favorite places to eat in the entire world.
It was forced to close because the area
Last summer, the last use of The Baronet was a film festival, based in Newark,
which I believe
was an African American film festival.
This year, it's moving to the Asbury Park High School auditorium.
But, who cares, right? The boardwalk looks great!
I sincerely hope that this lack of concern
In a message dated 6/29/2008 9:36:48 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
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Last summer, the last use of The Baronet...But, who cares, right?...I
sincerely hope that this lack of concern doesn't extend to Asbury Lanes when
it's
threatened.
Preservation: Plain-Jane vs.
See today's app.com
BELMAR A state appeals court reversed a decision by a state
Superior Court judge that upheld Belmar's determination to declare
the Belmar Mall property, between 8th and 10th avenues, blighted''
and in need of redevelopment.
This is the second court reversal affecting
Is something to draw the $ of 16-19 year olds and families as in family
comfortable restaurant. While no one here want's to see Friday's or Houlihans
or Applebees, these do
attract that family that MIGHT be needed to fill in the blanks. Not to take
anything away
from the current restaurants.
Financial companies have already announced more than $70 billion
of write-downs tied to the global credit crisis.
The ability to write-down losses or mis[steps
Citigroup will take another $12 BILLION hit. Don;t know about you, but
I think that's alot of money.
Citigroup isn't the worse
Noticed tonight that the small signs along the Ocean Ave sidewalk of
ConHall have been lit up.
I mean LIT UP to the point of being a distraction and diminishing the
natural beauty of the building.
I had hoped that good sense would prevail and the simple incandescent
lamps in the archways would
I havn't posted on the board in a long time, weeks, if not longer. Nice
job on pointing that out Werner. I noticed what you spoke of a few days ago.
For anyone who's not sure what's being spoke of; the square wood framed display
cases that read Paramount have been lit up. Lit up to the
There was another shooting in AP last night around 10:00 pm in the Ap villages
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Is what most here say they don't want: The New Outlet center that will
slowy rise from the cornfields of exits 100/102 and Routes 33/66.
Here's the best reason to get Asbury Ave cleaned up, so you can bring
in shoppers from the center to the downtown/boardwalk.
If it were me, I'd try my
Bruce Almighty
If rock is dead, nobody told the Boss.
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Springsteen in the seventies.
(Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Amid the effusion of praise that greeted /Born to Run/ upon its release
in 1975, Nik Cohn
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My post was on Sept 12. It included all links from a google alert that day.
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Just wondering if the new space to be leased for $16,000 per month is greater
than / less than or equal to the current space being used.
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BREAKING NEWS: Shooter sought in death of city man
Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 06/7/07
Story Chat Post Comment
ASBURY PARK PRESS Monmouth County Prosecutor Luis A. Valentin said
Gary Allen, 66, of Asbury Park, was shot and killed inside his
apartment at 135 Borden Avenue at approximately
NY Times Article - excerpts:
...in the nine years since construction began that the schools are
overflowing, property taxes are skyrocketing and the main streets
are clogged.
...lent their construction manager to Asbury Park for a $150,000
fee. Last month, they sued the state Department of
Werner,
Any idea what that $150,000 fee we paid was for?
Original Message Subj: [AsburyPark] Another Twist on
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Here we go again.
Saw in the Coaster that new police officers were brought on and going into
training. I believe they said 9. Hope this will help. When we had and
earlier shooting or murder, Bruno said he was going to add police. Again nice
to see this happening. Unless they are
Asbury hotel bought for $16M
Berkeley-Carteret to reopen shortly
Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 02/28/07
BY NANCY SHIELDS
COASTAL MONMOUTH
BUREAU
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ASBURY PARK New York real estate investors Joseph and Jacob Chetrit
bought the Berkeley-Carteret Oceanfront Hotel on Tuesday,
Asbury Park police seek suspect in shooting
Posted by the _Asbury Park Press_ (http://www.app.com/) on 02/1/07
BY _MICHELLE SAHN_ (mailto:(UNKNOWN%20ADDRESS))
ASBURY PARK — Police are investigating the shooting of a 30-year-old
Lakewood man here this morning.
The victim suffered
Man dies following fight in Asbury Park
Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 01/15/07
BY NICHOLAS CLUNN
STAFF WRITER
ASBURY PARK Police this morning were investigating the death of an
unidentified man found unconscious by officers late last night, Sgt.
Dexter Whitley said.
The death occurred
ASBURY PARK A woman was shot last night in an apartment complex off Mattison
Avenue
and taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, where she was
pronounced
dead, a police source said.
Authorities are investigating the shooting as gang-related, the source said.
The woman
Habitat homes well-deserved
Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 12/1/06
As someone who has worked building homes for Habitat for Humanity, I
was appalled to read Howell Mayor Joseph DiBella's statements
regarding affordable housing in Howell: We'll be saying, 'Oh, good
news, Habitat for Humanity
Maybe someone here will accuse JK of being the triggerman.
Police probe shooting in Asbury Park
Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 11/14/06
ASBURY PARK Police are investigating a shooting at about 11:30 a.m.
today in the 1500 block of Bangs Avenue in Asbury Park, according to
city officials
Maybe DAN that will happen?
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Maybe someone here will accuse JK of being the triggerman.Police probe shooting in Asbury
I heard this happen with my own ears yesterday.
ASBURY PARK A city resident was shot in the shoulder Sunday
afternoon while he was standing outside a home in a residential
neighborhood, police said.
Jahmere Crooms, 18, was shot outside of 408 Comstock St., Sgt. Todd
Wilson said.
Crooms was
Power broker Lynch pleads guilty
Former state Sen. John Lynch pleaded guilty this morning to
corruption charges, admitting he secretly took tens of thousands of
dollars from a contractor who wanted his help developing state
parkland.
In a hearing in federal District Court in Newark, Lynch
From the Asbury Park Press. I posted this earlier, but it still hasn't
shown up on the board.
ASBURY PARK A Long Branch man who recently served 30 months in
prison for an attempted murder in Florida tried to rob the Super
Discount store at 700 Main St. Tuesday night but was shot in the
stomach
Below you'll find the text from an article in the APP about another
scary crime in our town.
In a somewhat related note, I had an interesting conversation with an
AP police Sargent about the prostitution problem that plauges my
neighborhood. He stated that prostitution is a misdemenor, and that
REad this one:
http://www.uncanny.net/~wetzel/gentry.htm
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WINIFRED CANRIGHT HOUSE
615 FIRST AVENUE
ASBURY PARK, NEW JERSEY
Phone: (732) 988-0260
FAX: (732) 988-0264
There is an acute shortage of housing and support services for
indigent people living with HIV/AIDS in New Jersey, particularly in
the rural and inner city areas of the
Title: Another reason for a pure sales tax and no income tax
For those who think the rich always pay their fair share of taxes, read this from the NY Times today.
Tax Cheats Called Out of Control
Here we go again another shooting in Asbury.
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Bloomberg Says Power to Seize Private Land Is Vital to Cities
By DIANE CARDWELL
Wading into yet another contentious national debate, Mayor Michael
R. Bloomberg came out vigorously yesterday in support of the
government's right to seize property by eminent domain, and said
Congressional
There is a very attractive 20's era brick building on Main Street just
north of Franks Deli. Storefronts faceing Main and a nice residential
entrance faceing 6th.
I've been watching it's rehabilitation with great expectations, new
windows, repointed brickwork, restored storefronts in the
Another shooting in AP yesterday. This is the biggest problem in the city right now. Unless corrected, Asbury will not have to worry about what goes where or how much this property is going for. The drugs, crime etc is the problem. This is where the effort should be first.
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Another shooting in ap. When will we do something about this?
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Demolished
Was that property taken by ED or did partners buy
it?
And I may be wrong but I thought I read that any
property taken by ED must be developed within 1 year
according
Was that property taken by ED or did partners buy it?
And I may be wrong but I thought I read that any property taken by ED must be developed within 1 year according to the agreement. Is this true?wernerapnj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Today the demolition of the former Ambassador Hotel was
Who's gonna make the developer honor their
agreement?
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Demolished
Was that property taken by ED
Today the demolition of the former Ambassador Hotel was started. About
half the building is a pile of rubble. The building was formerly known
as the Palace Hotel.
That makes two Palaces razed in the name of redevelopment.
Werner (I'm not in control) Baumgartner
What are the REAL issues?
May 2003 -
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/message/2784
Werner
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I was in the arcade tonight, and noticed my high score from last week
is still #3 on one of the shooting games. If crime is so bad in
Asbury Park, how am I still listed on there?
Maybe I've missed my true calling?
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Here's what the city does..sell the triangle to Fish...take that
money and buy the Casino and Howard Johnsonsand then sell that to
other developers who will fast track itIts basically a
trade...the
triangle for the Casino and Bandshell! Dan, what can you get us for
the
triangle? I
Demolition of the Park Cinema (Lyric Theater)started this morning.
Another landmark and part of Asbury Park's entertainment heritage
thrown in the dumpster. Some will say 'thank God - its about time'
simply because a XXX business took residence in the building in
resent times.
I always saw
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