[AsburyPark] Long Branch & Seaside.

[MarioAPNJ]

I just caught up with last Sunday's paper and noticed two articles about topics frequently discussed here:  Long Branch's Pier Village and boardwalk amusements.  Opening paragraphs follow, with links to the complete articles.  I believe articles are free for seven days only; if you can't access them, private me and I'll copy / paste and send to you. ==================================================== July 30, 2006 Dining | Long Branch Ocean View Interrupted by Fine Food and Drink By DAVID CORCORAN FOR anyone who hasn’t visited the Long Branch oceanfront lately, the reaction to the new community called Pier Village can only be open-mouthed astonishment. The sad features that defined this place not so long ago — the tumbledown housing, the abandoned pier, the defunct and rat-infested water slide — are gone, magically replaced by what looks like the set of “The Truman Show.”   (...cash-fueled activity  and Avenue --   Casual but coiffed. Young, spirited staff, sometimes amiably confused... parking comment) Ocean View Interrupted by Fine Food and Drink - New York Times ================================================================= July 29, 2006 Development A Staple of the Jersey Shore Could Be Headed Toward Oblivion By JILL P. CAPUZZO Seaside Park, N.J. WITH parcels of real estate with 50 feet of ocean frontage selling for more than $1 million, owners of such gold mines are finding it harder to resist the lure of the residential market, even if that means taking away a defining entity of the Jersey Shore: the boardwalk amusement park. Earlier this month, Seaside Park’s Borough Council heard a proposal to turn the 77-year-old Funtown Amusement Pier into three- and four-bedroom condominium units jutting out over the ocean and costing between $800,000 and $1.9 million each.... “We don’t see any future in the ride business,” said Mr. Ricci. “The land is becoming too valuable to leave as amusements.” (the shore experience ... loss of a tradition...) A Staple of the Jersey Shore Could Be Headed Toward Oblivion - New York Times ================================================================== No mention of  the Market Street Mission nor of Geese shit in either article.    PS    If you object to my use of "shit," please write to "I'm the Decider" Dubya     to complain about the vulgarization of our culture and ask him to enforce his new Decency Enforcement Act.       __._,_.___ SPONSORED LINKS Asbury park home Asbury park nj Asbury park hotel Asbury park foreclosure Asbury park real estate YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "AsburyPark" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___