History of the pier: Girls in their summer clothes. Paul Goldfinger on the OG Fishing Pier. Blogfinger.net ©
Blogfinger has written a number of articles about the pier’s history and especially about the future of the pier after it was largely destroyed in 2012 after Sandy. We discussed the future of the OG Fishing Club and expressed the opinion that the CMA will never allow the Club to be reestablished on the pier even though they have a lease extending to 2024.
Here is a link that reviews the pier’s recent history:
And here is a link which discusses what the new pier might look like:
https://blogfinger.net/2019/09/01/what-would-your-fantasy-og-fishing-pier-look-like/
Now, at the Jan 22, 2022 HOA meeting, Michael Badger, CMA President announced that the DEP is considering the application to begin work in the spring, to be completed next summer. Badger was asked about the design, but he was evasive.
He did say, according to the Coaster, that “the new pier will provide pubic access to the entire structure.” Clearly he is slamming the door on any possibility that the Fishing Club might be reestablished at their prior location at the far end of the pier.
The Fishing Club is a historic part of the town, so this statement shows that the CMA has little respect for the history of the Grove, unless it suits them. But that attitude has been evident before.
The Coaster reports that Badger said that they might not use Trex. He also said that there would be a “horizontal extension”
Badger is reported to say that “details on this project” can be found at a website: http://www.ocean-grove.org/give/american-treasure/ but that url doesn’t work. We tried http://www.oceangrove.org/give/american-treasure/ and that does work ,but we couldn’t find any pier “details.
And, now that we know that the Fishing Club is definitely excluded from their private space at the end, will other forms of entertainment be banned? For example, how about girls in their summer clothes who want to shake their things?
CMA has a history of allowing girls in their summer clothes on the pier. What would Stokes say? Paul Goldfinger photo for Blogfinger. Is that curious fellow from the CMA?
Also from the pier’s history; Fishing Club members teach kids to fish–a hugely popular tradition. Mary Walton photo for Blogfinger. c.2012.
VINCE GIORDANO AND THE NIGHTHAWKS with “Shake That Thing” from the movie The Aviator.
For many years, Methodists avoided the use of crosses. This originated with the “low church” nature of the Church of England in the 18th and early 19th centuries. “To a good protestant of 1830 the least suggestion of symbolism—a cross on a gable or on a prayer book—was rank popery.”–Kenneth Clark, “The Gothic Revival.” The ubiquitous brass crosses made their appearance around 1920. The Auditorium never had a cross until the exterior one in 1946. The interior cross, donated by the choir, was created upon the complaint of a bishop. A fishing pier in the form of a cross seems a bit much.