Paul Goldfinger. A photo taken from the OG side, looking north towards the Casino. Photo: Blogfinger.net. March 14, 2026. The fence on the right shows the “White Whale” site relative to the Casino, and to the left is the most famous erection in Monmouth County. The “White Whale” site is now just an empty lot. On the left is the North End Redevelopment site. Click to view the anatomy,
This is what the White Whale building looked like after the fire in April, 2019. The rubble was eventually removed. Paul Goldfinger photo.
Paul Goldfinger, MD, Editor, Blogfinger.net. USA.
If you have been following the coverage surrounding the fate of the Asbury Casino, you will find that Ocean Grove is almost never mentioned except for BF posts and the recent Coaster post, March 12, front page.
The sources of Casino information from the Asbury side fail to mention that the southern side of the Casino opens to Ocean Grove. On our side of the Casino (owned by the Parkers but occupied by Grovers) we find Grovers and Grovarian visitors who love to connect with the AP boards by walking north through.
Do the Asburians have any idea of what is planned on the OG side and how it will affect them? Should Asbury continue to ignore us when they start to plan their presence on their side of the Casino?
And should OG fail to think about how the proposed North End Redevelopment Plan will be influenced by what goes on the Asbury side? What about that 5,000 seat music venue mentioned last year for the AP side of the Casino?
Asbury is so busy becoming the most wonderful beach town at the Jersey Shore that they have failed to realize how important the Grove is to them and why.
Finally, we have to pay attention to what might happen within that White Whale fence which encompasses some of the OG beach. Study the photo above. There is a rumor that a plan for that site is about to be unveiled .
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