Blogfinger remembers Sandy which hit on October 29, 2012—-Today, October 29, 2026 14 years later, we remember what happened, especially with the 25% damage to the roof of the Great Auditorium:
Our 2015 article on BF below. (the 3rd anniversary of Sandy) is re-posted.
And we offer a new perspective with a drone image of today’s GA roof as seen from outer space on this 16th anniversary.
October 30, 2012, 7:45 am. Rear of Great Auditorium. Paul Goldfinger photo . Blogfinger.net. Click once to enlarge.
Great Auditorium roof on the morning of Tuesday, October 30, 2012, one day after Sandy hit. The photo does not show the front side damage. This portion of the roof is on the north side. Paul Goldfinger photo.
BF roof story 2016
The Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association is ready to complete work on the Great Auditorium roof, but they have had daunting problems deciding about which material to use. Their plan had been to obtain zinc coated stainless steel material, but manufacturing challenges have prevented that. JP Gradone, COO of the OGCMA, sent us the comment below in response to a Blogfinger inquiry yesterday.
“Our insurance company has recently agreed to pay for the installation of a temporary EPDM rubber roof on the damaged area while we continue to work closely with the insurance company to find a permanent solution to resolvethe situation with the roofing material. The temporary roof was completed this week and gives the Great Auditorium an excellent short-term solution while we carefully determine the best material for the permanent roof.”
EPDM rubber roofing on the south side. Blogfinger photos
Drone view of the Ocean Grove Great Auditorium, On the 14th anniversary of Sandy today. (10/27/26), we can see the roof in fine condition. Photographer–see comments.
One year ago (2013) we wrote about the Woody Allen movie “Stardust Memories.” Here is a link to that article because it shows the Great Auditorium decked out as the Stardust Hotel for that 1980 film which Allen considers one of his best.
http://blogfinger.net/2013/12/28/remembering-stardust-memories/
And for this article about the GA roof, here is a version of “Stardust,” a song by Hoagy Carmichael, that was performed by Louis Armstrong in the movie.
But now, in 2015, we present a contemporary jazz version of “Stardust,” an instrumental, by Warren Vaché on trumpet (a Jersey boy,) Derek Watkins, and the Brian Lemon Quartet.
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