Rear end of the Park View as seen with Wesley Lake to our back. The HPC and the OGHOA say it is now officially a derelict building. 7/17, 16. Paul Goldfinger photo.
Paul Goldfinger, Editor of ancient buildings in Ocean Grove.
We last wrote about this demolition in April, and yet the beat goes on. Ted Bell was 4 years old when this demo began. Is this rear end, between Sea View and Lake Avenues, of some archeological importance? Is someone searching for evidence of man discovering hot food?
Ted: have you found the bones of the ancient Phoenicians who came to Ocean Grove searching for a Doo Wop show?
And look at the Warrington next door. Will that reopen soon to compete with the Asbury Hotel across the Wesley Retention Basin?
JERRY ORBACH was a busboy here when this was a small hotel. Ted? Can you remember when the Park View had a floor show and served bootleg hooch?
It is a sad day when we lose an old girl like the Park View–the good timbers are being recycled-the metal for scrap–the memories are part of the Ocean Grove lore–this week a big big machine will arrive to dig out the sides and bottom—People along the street have been sending ice cream and other goodies over to the work crew–every day they swept the sidewalk to collect the dirt and dust– even some on our roofs—a great crew–we will miss the old gal -she was a part of Ocean Grove — Ted– We hope what is built in it’s place is as good
The buyer wants to turn that Park View property into 4 lots to build single family houses. Here is a link to our January article:
https://blogfinger.net/2016/01/14/is-the-park-view-inn-subdivision-in-violation-of-new-jersey-municipal-land-use-law-when-is-a-street-not-a-street/
Dunno if it may be relevant because I haven’t looked at Neptune’s specific codes regarding reconstruction
During a previous experience with renovating houses in Brick Twp, if you kept the foundation and remained within the foundation of the structure you didn’t have to apply for as many permits as if you were building a new structure. The house violated setbacks in 2012, but not when it was built in 1954, so as long as we kept the same foundation we didn’t have to change anything to comply with the new codes
Perhaps the same is in play here—–keep that foundation and it makes things easier.