Other then reading our rants on here: 1. Read Helen Pike's GLory Days: Story of An American Resort, Gary Wein's Beyond the Palace, Stan and Jean's Rock and Roll Tour...all tell a story of AP, Boardwalk memories: Tales of the Jeresey Shore (Salvini)
2. Then look at Peter Lucia's amazing website about ap, free at http://www.noweverthen.com - and looks like he also has a good Bradley story as well. Then buy his book The Murder at Asbury Park (ebook) - asburymurder.com >From Peter's site: "I want to look down from heaven and be pleased with the view." One of his regrets was that he had not made Cookman Avenue straight. Though Bradley retained extensive property holdings, he had begun to distance himself more and more from Asbury Park. "It remains for posterity to determine whether I builded wisely," he said in a philosophic tone. I....... Though he still possessed great wealth, he noted that he would have been a much happier man had he lent his money at interest instead of investing it in the creation of a resort. "No, summing it all up, Asbury Park to me was a financial failure. I would have been much happier in my old age had I never heard of the place." 3. And of course, don't forget read what people who came here, lived here or heard ap on....asburyboardwalk.com - go to memory mail and a quite a few other websites about the palace, the circuit etc.... Lots of people, lots of memories, lots of ideas for what could be, what should be and why. Of course, not all ideas are good or well thought out, but that's how you create a vision Imagine no Internet? Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/