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Palace Amusements in Asbury Park. 1888-1998

April 29, 2017 by Blogfinger

Palace Amusements was a Jersey Shore landmark. It was demolished in 2004. Photo by Eileen Goldfinger, Blogfinger staff. c. 1998. ©

Palace Amusements  was open for 110 years.  It was closed in 1988 and demolished in 2004 over the objections of a variety of historic preservation groups.

“Tillie”  was a grinning face that was painted on the building.  That mural was saved and stored.  A replica is painted on the Wonder Bar in A. Park

Tillie was painted on the Palace Amusement building. Internet photo.

 

The Wonder Bar: Rock music scene and Yappy Hour. Paul Goldfinger photo© 2013

BOB SEGER AND THE SILVER BULLET BAND:

https://blogfinger.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1-01-old-time-rock-and-roll.mp3

 

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  1. on April 30, 2017 at 3:59 pm Frank S

    R.I.P. Palace Amusements . A fancy entertainment complex was to go where the Palace stood . Never happened. Instead a parking lot sits where the Palace once was. At “Save Tillie’s” expense, one of the two Tillie faces was removed. It was to be put on public display.

    Despite developers’ promise to do so, here we are, 13 years later, and it still is sitting in a crate by the Asbury sewer plant .



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