Deal Lake. September 5, 2014. By Paul Goldfinger ©
CLAUDIA CARBO from her album Momento Latino. The song is “Cuando Vuelva a tu Lado .”
Claudia Carbo
Archive for the ‘Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery’ Category
What a difference a day makes.
Posted in Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, Jersey Shore gallery, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photographic Gallery: New Jersey, tagged What a difference a day makes on May 9, 2025| 2 Comments »
The other side of Asbury Park: Blue is the color; love is the message.
Posted in Asbury Park, Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, Asbury Park lifestyles, tagged The other side of Asbury Park on April 8, 2025|
Girls in their summer tattoos
Posted in Asbury Connection, Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, tagged Tattoos in Asbury Park on April 3, 2025| 2 Comments »
Visitor from the tattoo festival at the Asbury dog beach, 7/26/15. Paul Goldfinger photo Click to see the art work.
SARAH VAUGHAN
Happy Easter
Posted in Art, Asbury Connection, Asbury Park, Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, Photography by Moe Demby, tagged Easter Parade on Blogfinger on April 1, 2025| 4 Comments »
This published award winning image is by APP/Blogfinger photojournalist Michael Goldfinger. Click once to enlarge. We show it every Easter. Read comments
Original Broadway cast recording for Irving Berlin’s show Holiday Inn.
Oh babe, what would you say?
Posted in Asbury Connection, Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, tagged Photo shoot in the casino on March 5, 2025| 2 Comments »
Photo shoot in the Casino under the watchful eye of a giant octopus. By Paul Goldfinger © Sept. 2014 Click to make the tentacles bigger.
HURRICANE SMITH:
Empress Hot L
Posted in Asbury Connection, Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, Blogfinger Presents, tagged Chordates on February 28, 2025| 1 Comment »
Kidz R Us
Posted in Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery on January 8, 2025|
Asbury Park Boardwalk. Photo by Paul Goldfinger, Blogfinger.net © Click to make them not-so-small, after all.
DISNEYLAND CHILDREN’S CHORUS:
Modern OG history—2015. The Asbury Hotel to open in May. Does Ocean Grove need a new hotel less than one mile away?
Posted in Asbury Connection, Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, Asbury Park news on Blogfinger.net, South Asbury Park in Ocean Grove, tagged Asbury Park Hotel, Ocean Grove hotel, South Asbury Park in Ocean Grove on January 4, 2025|
The Asbury Hotel Blogfinger photo. ©2015.
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger.net. Original post 2015.
The Asbury Hotel will open in May at 2010 Fifth Ave, one block from the ocean near the Paramount Theatre. The Asbury Park developers iStar Financial is remodeling the old Salvation Army rest home, and the new boutique hotel will have 110 rooms and will feature all sorts of innovative ideas. The rooms will start at $125.00 per day. The hotel will be connected to the Asbury Lanes which is behind it on 4th Avenue (see above.)
In the back is a large area being constructed for parking. I can’t tell if they will have any underground parking. That would be of interest being so close to the ocean, but it worked out in Long Branch.
AP is capable of providing ample parking for a hotel. This is the rear of the Asbury Hotel. 11/26/15. Blogfinger photo. ©
As you all know, the North End Redevelopment plan in Ocean Grove calls for underground parking in OG for a hotel and condos which will form a large part of the future Asbury Park south.
But now that a new A. Park hotel is to open less than a mile from OG, do you suppose WAVE will be looking to scuttle the OG hotel idea and replace it with even more condos? Will there be some more zoning legerdemain? Will this turn out to be a scam, exchanging a hotel that we don’t need for yet more condos?
ADDENDUM: PG. January 3 2025: Since this 2015 post, it seems that the North End developers are on the verge of starting construction. But, there are still some obstacles. As for the planned hotel, that is still part of the plan. I’m told that the developers could change that to more condos which would be an unfortunate turn of events in terms of crowding and parking.
Asbury Park has since then closed the Casino with no definite plans for its future. On the other hand, Asbury Park would like to build a huge music venue on their side and they do own the Casino. The Stone Pony may be involved. If you live over there, a good set of ear plugs or noise cancelling earphones may be needed, but that is just speculative now. But if it happens you can imagine how the north end of the Grove will be affected.
JOHN DENVER “Looking for Space.” In Ocean Grove we are trying to find out who we are.
Metropolitan Hotel in Asbury Park; now gone. A memory of bandleader Maurice Scott and Hoagy Carmichael’s “Stardust.”
Posted in Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, tagged Maurice Scott society bandleader, Metropolitan Hotel in Asbury Park, Stardust Memories in Ocean Grove on January 3, 2025| 1 Comment »
Maurice Scott and his society band. Nemerson Hotel—South Fallsburg, N.Y.
Internet photo.
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor Blogfinger.net
Most hotels in resort areas such as Asbury Park and the Borscht Belt (NY. Catskill Mountains) had their own bands because ballroom dancing was popular in that era and because guest entertainers needed backup.
Maurice Scott, a highly regarded New York bandleader and trumpet player, worked with the biggest names in entertainment in Manhattan, but in the summer he would perform at the Hotel Nemerson in South Fallsburg , NY, and later at the Metropolitan, a well known hotel in A. Park, NJ, which was torn down in 2008 after being closed for a number of years.
He and his family stayed in the hotels all summer, and the life of a musician there was very good. They played music at night, often backing up well known singers and dance teams. During the day they enjoyed the amenities of the hotels. Maurice also was a fine singer and master of ceremonies.
His trumpet playing was remarkable, with a big sound reminiscent of Harry James.
Read my comment below.
And, speaking of memories, don’t forget “Stardust Memories” a film by Woody Allen shot in Ocean Grove and Asbury Park.
Here’s a link to the 2011 Blogfinger post about that film. Photos from the video by Paul Goldfinger.
Stardust Memories Blogfinger post 2016
VINCE GIORDANO AND THE NIGHTHAWKS with “Stardust” The trumpet solo sounds like Maurice Scott in his prime. This version is from the film soundtrack “The Aviator.”
Modern OG history—-2015: Bridge to Somewhere
Posted in Asbury Connection, Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, Blogfinger Presents, Nocturnal Ocean Grove, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photography: The Other Side of Asbury, tagged Ain't no sunshine when she's gone, Asbury Park restaurants, Fine dining in Asbury Park on December 27, 2024| 5 Comments »
New Jersey Avenue bridge across Wesley Lake to Asbury Park restaurant scene on Cookman Avenue. . June, 2015. By Paul Goldfinger Blogfinger.net.
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor@Blogfinger.net. 2015.
Asbury Park once experienced “Glory Days,” but in the 1980’s it went into a downhill spiral and it turned into “Nowhere.”
Then in recent years, perhaps ten, a slow and difficult rebirth has been occurring, and now it’s clear that Asbury Park has turned a definite corner in its renaissance and is becoming “Somewhere.”
Of course there are still problems in governance, crime, poverty and schools. In some ways it is a tale of two cities—roughly east and west.
In December 2013, we posted a piece on Blogfinger that wondered if the acclaimed Asbury Park restaurant scene downtown had become a true “destination” for visitors from around here and elsewhere. We were interested in this subject because of the relationship that Ocean Grove has to AP. That includes the fact that many Grovers go there for dinner on a regular basis, and oftentimes we walk over there at night.
In 2013, half of our Blogfinger readers who took our poll said that AP had not yet become the “go to” place for fine dining.
But now, in 2015, we have reason to believe that the tide has turned regarding the dining situation. We wrote a recent glowing review about Taka’s new location, and today we will be reporting on a new name in town: “Cross & Orange.”
Now that A. Park is a true destination, girls named Marie might show up. It’s Kermit Ruffins from New Orleans:
City of Stars
Posted in Asbury Connection, Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, Photography: The Other Side of Asbury, tagged Anat Cohen Luminosa, The other side of Asbury Park on December 2, 2024|
Fish & Chicken. The other side of Asbury Park. By Paul Goldfinger 2015
EMMA STONE AND RYAN GOSLING. “City of Stars.” From La La Land.
Beach fun Asbury Park
Posted in Asbury Connection, Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, Asbury Park lifestyles, Photography Asbury Park lifestyles, Photography by Paul Goldfinger, Photography in Asbury Park, tagged Asbury park beach on November 27, 2024|
A. Park beach fun. August, 2016. Click to enlarge. Paul Goldfinger photo.
MOUND CITY BLUE BLOWERS: “Thanks a Million.”
Too marvelous for words on the A. Park boards
Posted in Asbury Connection, Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, tagged Asbury Park boardwalk, Girls in their summer clothes in Asbury Park on November 4, 2024|
