[AsburyPark] Re: C-8 - closer to the mark

2005-09-20 Thread Skip Bernstein
"The Casino is the ugliest building ever constructed." I get that you think or believe it behooves you to say that, so this should be no challenge, name your top 10 recently constructed buildings. It would be nice if they were local, but that's probably unfair, give it your best shot. --- In

[AsburyPark] Re: C-8 - closer to the mark

2005-09-20 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "bluebishop82" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Casino is the ugliest building ever constructed. Warren & Wetmore, > despite other successes, clearly drew it over a liquid lunch. > Different strokes for different folks. Yahoo! Gro

[AsburyPark] Re: C-8 - closer to the mark

2005-09-20 Thread bluebishop82
The Casino is the ugliest building ever constructed. Warren & Wetmore, despite other successes, clearly drew it over a liquid lunch. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "dfsavgny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "bluebishop82" > > > > That's what you get when your

[AsburyPark] Re: C-8 - closer to the mark

2005-09-20 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "bluebishop82" > > That's what you get when your planning starts being driven by > Nostalgia. Hey, why have one empty, barely used convention center > on the boardwalk when we can have two empty, barely used convention > centers on the boardwalk! > Nostalgi

[AsburyPark] Re: C-8 - closer to the mark

2005-09-20 Thread Skip Bernstein
"I urged him to knock down the Casino and build something spectacular at the site." What you miss is his intention to knockdown the ice rink, that's where the Fishy Mall is to be located and will be but part of his legacy, undoubtedly "something extraordinary", hideously so, and it and crumbling C

[AsburyPark] Re: C-8 - closer to the mark

2005-09-20 Thread bluebishop82
No Skip, I've actually talked to Larry about just this subject. I urged him to knock down the Casino and build something spectacular at the site. I tried to convince him that the site could be his family's lagacy; an opportunity to have something extraordinary associated with his efforts here

[AsburyPark] Re: C-8 - closer to the mark

2005-09-20 Thread Skip Bernstein
`To me, he wants it to fall into the ocean so he can say "don't blame me, it was an act of God that caused the damage."' Gary you're a little closer to the mark; I suspect the BlindBishop's having a bit of fun with us, he is after all The Fish's stalking horse. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com