© Paul Goldfinger photograph on the OG asphalt boards, looking south, near the Casino. A reminder of what will be lost. October, 2019.
Is it treading too lightly to call the NERP “Asbury Park South?” Our North End Redevelopment project will be more intrusive near the ocean than Asbury or other nearby towns have done.
And don’t forget the White Whale site (where the recent fire occurred) where developers will try to re-build east of our boardwalk. Which of our neighbors have built recently east of their boardwalk?
The OG North End is currently open space, light, and air. OGNED will destroy that and create something more congested on our boardwalk than even Asbury has done on theirs. Their condos are all around the AP beach area, but not on top of the boardwalk as will occur with the NERP. And their boardwalk is much wider than ours.
The reason for the current asphalt jungle over there is that they need to figure out the elevations for construction immediately adjacent to the west side of the boardwalk.
The Camp Meeting’s plans to re-do that North End boardwalk is about more than altruism.
From Grease: Bring back pedal pushers. Sha la, la, la, la, la, la etc.
I can’t think of any nearby town that has a structure as close as the “White Whale” was to ocean. Manasquan has a close pavilion but it’s also kind of protected by a very large jetty that is also the entrance to the Manasquan River. I can’t imagine the mentality that justifies rebuiliding over there, or really even the north end. It should be nothing more than a natural area with trees and park benches.