This is a re-post about saving historic buildings. We begin with two hotels in Asbury, then we get into music and photography and finally wind up with a 2018 perspective on Ocean Grove. Paul @Blogfinger
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George Tice © Belmont Hotel, Asbury Park. 1974. This is a selenium-toned silver gelatin print.
By Paul Goldfinger ©. rear view. Photo taken before the Belmont was destroyed by fire.
Paul Goldfinger, MD. Editor @Blogfinger. Re-posted from 2016. The editor’s note below still rings true in 2018 and has been updated.
There were two historic (over 100 years old) hotels in A.Park which were adjacent to each other on Asbury Avenue—-The Belmont and the Atlantic. The Belmont had 50 rooms, but it was vacant in 2006. The entire block was scheduled for demolition, but it burned down during a 5 alarm fire, along with the Atlantic, in December of that year. The balloon construction made for a deluge with quick destruction up and down the buildings.
An AP historian said, in an APP article, that the buildings were considered historically significant to Asbury Park and Monmouth County.
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