[AsburyPark] Re: Nostalgia for Old-Time Amusements?

2007-07-11 Thread 2fine4u
Points, well taken! Great post! --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, oakdorf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Point: EVEN in the rain in the summer, people are there. Why? Motels are booked throughout the summer. They're open because there is no threat of eminent domain. There's people there

[AsburyPark] Re: Nostalgia for Old-Time Amusements?

2007-07-10 Thread Hinge
I have an easy answer to this subject... Just take a drive to Pt. Pleasant Beach any day this summer (non rainy of course) You'll see tons of people and you will have to pay semi-big bucks to park. The boardwalk is packed. The food vendors are making a killing selling $6 French Fries, $8 burgers

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Nostalgia for Old-Time Amusements?

2007-07-10 Thread Gary Wien
On Jul 10, 2007, at 9:40 AM, Hinge wrote: I have an easy answer to this subject... Just take a drive to Pt. Pleasant Beach any day this summer (non rainy of course) You'll see tons of people and you will have to pay semi-big bucks to park. The boardwalk is packed. Yeah, after just being

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Nostalgia for Old-Time Amusements?

2007-07-10 Thread MarioAPNJ
Over the years when I've had old friends visit from out of state, for one day at least I would take them to Point Pleasant or Seaside to satisfy their need for the Jerzy Shore Experience. Didn't matter to them if there was rain or blistering heat; indoor bar stools at some honky tonk

[AsburyPark] Re: Nostalgia for Old-Time Amusements?

2007-07-10 Thread oakdorf
On Point: EVEN in the rain in the summer, people are there. Why? Motels are booked throughout the summer. They're open because there is no threat of eminent domain. There's people there because there is a beach. A boardwalk for kids. The Aquarium. Nights continue til 2 (I can barely stay up

[AsburyPark] Re: Nostalgia for Old-Time Amusements?

2007-07-10 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, oakdorf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: or it will it be a brooklyn meets spring lake battle for the beach. 2 to 1 on Brooklyn. Seriously, MM appears to be headed in the right direction and is doing what should have been done 5 years ago. In fact, had someone like

[AsburyPark] Re: Nostalgia for Old-Time Amusements?

2007-07-10 Thread oakdorf
the ding-a-lings at the deal casino beach pay: $3.00 to rent a towel $10-$20 to rent wicker lounges on the beach. ($400 for the season) The chairs are usually sold out. The boys come down and book 20-30 chairs. Tommy will know. There's money in the rent a chair/umbrella biz. One guy used to

[AsburyPark] Re: Nostalgia for Old-Time Amusements?

2007-07-10 Thread apoojo
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, oakdorf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tommy will know. There's money in the rent a chair/umbrella biz. One guy used to control from Bradley to AP. the great Brown family; tivia question easy one for you oldtimers,you could not take a raft on the beach, you

[AsburyPark] Re: Nostalgia for Old-Time Amusements?

2007-07-10 Thread oakdorf
the great Brown family; tivia question easy one for you oldtimers,you could not take a raft on the beach, you had to rent one, that concession was put out to bid just like the umbrellas, who had it? Correct. You earned a beer. See tommy to collect. Old man Brown and co had it locked

[AsburyPark] Re: Nostalgia for Old-Time Amusements?

2007-07-10 Thread apoojo
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, oakdorf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the great Brown family; tivia question easy one for you oldtimers,you could not take a raft on the beach, you had to rent one, that concession was put out to bid just like the umbrellas, who had it? Correct.

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Nostalgia for Old-Time Amusements?

2007-07-10 Thread Mike Hemeon
For me Seaside Heights is what a boardwalk should be. Just be careful at night. Mike Gary Wien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jul 10, 2007, at 9:40 AM, Hinge wrote: I have an easy answer to this subject... Just take a drive to Pt. Pleasant Beach any day this summer (non rainy

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Nostalgia for Old-Time Amusements?

2007-07-10 Thread Jersey Shore John
i'm in point pleasant and this is the reason i come up to AP! On Jul 10, 2007, at 9:40 AM, Hinge wrote: I have an easy answer to this subject... Just take a drive to Pt. Pleasant Beach any day this summer (non rainy of course) You'll see tons of people and you will have to pay semi-big bucks

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Nostalgia for Old-Time Amusements?

2007-07-10 Thread Gary Wien
On Jul 10, 2007, at 6:46 PM, Jersey Shore John wrote: i'm in point pleasant and this is the reason i come up to AP! I have no problem with that. I can totally understand why people might not want to live in a tourist town. What I don't believe is when people say Asbury Park could never

[AsburyPark] Re: Nostalgia for Old-Time Amusements?

2007-07-10 Thread Hinge
I think one of the big problems we have here in AP is virtually no jobs at all for the kids on summer break. Pt. does a great job with that. Having a job for the summer teaches kids responsibility at a young age. I don't even like to think of the alternatives that kids in AP have to deal with.

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Nostalgia for Old-Time Amusements?

2007-07-10 Thread charlie
I have no problem with that. I can totally understand why people might not want to live in a tourist town. What I don't believe is when people say Asbury Park could never return to the popularity it once had as a tourist destination. If people don't want it that's one thing. If people think it

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Nostalgia for Old-Time Amusements?

2007-07-10 Thread charlie
Lot's of potential retail and entertainment spaces not really being used, and virtually no money being pumped back into the city. Not only that, but our waterfront really isn't providing many jobs for the locals the way the Pt. beach does. Sad. That's true, but i think you're ahead of

[AsburyPark] Re: Nostalgia for Old-Time Amusements?

2007-07-09 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Mike Hemeon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Housing is a reliable year round source of taxable income. And you enter into a viscous cycle of never-ending tax increases with only one source of revenue. Think commercial real estate tax, sales tax, etc. Yahoo!

[AsburyPark] Re: Nostalgia for Old-Time Amusements?

2007-07-09 Thread Mario
[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ., Maybe you're right, But I hope this kind of stability/reliability doesn't stall our rebirth. I can't find any studies showing tourism less stable than this: = July 9, 2007 Increasing Rate of Foreclosures