Saturday night. Crossing over the New Jersey Avenue bridge from the Grove. All photos by Paul Goldfinger © July 30, 2017
OG at Asbury Avenue. A delightful side garden near Wesley Lake. Blogfinger.net © Click any photo to enlarge.
An OG cottage. Asburian trekkers pass this spot when heading for the bridge and the bright lights of Cookman Ave. Blogfinger.net 7/29/17 ©
A view from the bridge: Ocean Grove as seen from the Asburian side. Blogfinger.net. © 7/29/17
A view from the bridge: The hipsters side of the divide as seen walking across the bridge from the Grove. Blogfinger.net © 7/29/17
PATRICK RIGUELLE and JOHN TERRA (Live—Songs From the Brill Building)
Is there any doubt that these are two different worlds? Both sides need to remain unique. Yet there is an OG/AP connection to be nurtured.
So let’s keep Ocean Grove the way that we like it: historic, beautiful, mellow, and comfortable. Don’t let the Neptuners spoil it by turning our North End into Asbury Park South.
Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger
Lakers, the Bridge did not create our parking problems, it is a public right of way.
The Study, Planning, and Development of our towns including adequate parking has been turned over to developers and the Planning Boards have become ‘Site Plan Review Boards’
That is the Problem.
The bridge looks structurally unsafe. The best thing to do is to remove it completely. Then, AP and OG can retain their unique identities. Also, Asbury Parkers won’t take up all the free spots on Asbury Avenue.