Posted in Postcards From Ocean Grove, tagged The Aurora--biggest flag in town on April 20, 2024|
The Aurora on Surf Avenue, beach block. Ocean Grove, N.J. Paul Goldfinger photo May 30, 2013.
The Coast Guard song “Semper Paratus” in honor of my cousin Martin Litinger, a Coast Guardsman who defended the convoys along the North Atlantic during WWII.
THE US COAST GUARD BAND:
Posted in Postcards From Ocean Grove, tagged Christmas in Ocean Grove, December at the Ocean Grove beach, The Canadian Brass: Sweet Songs of Christmas on February 27, 2024|
Ocean Grove, NJ. December 21, 2012. By Paul Goldfinger. Click left for full view.
THE CANADIAN BRASS:
Posted in Photographic Gallery: Ocean Grove, Postcards From Ocean Grove, tagged Ocean Grove parks on February 17, 2024| 8 Comments »
Firemen’s Park (aka Woodlawn Park).
By Paul Goldfinger, MD, Editor Blogfinger.net
I was walking by a park at the South End of Ocean Grove, near Cookman and Clark Avenues. It’s a lovely place; neighbors like to plant flowers there. Dogs enjoy walking there. But I didn’t know its name. A neighbor walked by and said, “It’s Poop Park.”
Later, I found out it is actually Boswell Park, but “Park Heights” is a name from the past. In September, 2023, it acquired yet another name. (see below)
The Ocean Grove parks often have multiple names because of changes over the years, sometimes based on historic reasons .
Some of the parks in town are managed by Neptune Township while others are managed by the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association.
Those managed by the Township have signs banning smoking. The OGCMA parks have not.
It’s confusing, but I am told that the CMA actually owns all the parks and permits the public to use them. For that they get property tax deductions.
Another park which has puzzled me is the one bounded by New York Avenue, Mt. Carmel Way and Mt. Tabor Way. I like to walk through it on the way past the tents to arrive by the Beersheba Fountain, near the Great Auditorium. It’s a beautiful shady place, but what’s its name? It turns out that it is “Greenleaf Park” and is managed by Neptune Township.
Here is a list of the parks and their names, followed by a gallery of some of the parks. If you don’t see your favorite here, please send us a photo, and use its real name.
Source: ?
Ocean Pathway Blogfinger photo ©
South End Recreation Area. Playground. Blogfinger photo ©
Greenleaf Park at New York Avenue, Mt. Carmel
Poop Park (Boswell Park) Blogfinger photo . Also called “Park Heights” in the past. See below for latest name.
A new name for “Poop Park.” See our post about this; link below. Blogfinger photo. 9/23. Even though Neptune Twp manages this park, the CMA showed up with this name. *See link about this below.
Auditorium Square Park near the Great Auditorium. Paul Goldfinger photo
*LINK re: Amanda Berry Smith Park:
DON AND JUAN:
Posted in Photography by Paul Goldfinger, Postcards From Ocean Grove, tagged Main Avenue in Ocean Grove on November 8, 2023| 1 Comment »
Posted in Postcards From Ocean Grove, tagged Ocean Grove summer tents in autumn on September 19, 2023|
They’re not exactly teepees. Paul Goldfinger photo.
DON AZPIAZU and the Havana Casino Orchestra with “Nina”
Posted in Music: The Power to Enchant, Postcards From Ocean Grove, tagged John Rutter's music, Sunrise at the Ocean Grove beach on July 14, 2023| 2 Comments »
Beachfront sunrise. 7:53 a.m. 2002. Ocean Grove, New Jersey. Click image for full view. This image became a widely distributed postcard.By Paul Goldfinger, MD, Editor, Blogfinger.net.
As a photographer, I much prefer sunrises to sunsets. Maybe it’s because photographs of sunrises are rarer than sunsets. After all, most people are still awake when the sun sets, but hardly anyone is up and about when the sun reappears early in the morning. But also, in my opinion, sunrises are more beautiful than sunsets, and speaking philosophically, more uplifting because beginnings are happier than endings.
Yet people love to see images of sunsets. To be honest, I almost never photograph a sunset or accept one for publication on Blogfinger with rare exceptions as when the sunset is contributory to something else in the photograph, such as special lighting for a back-lit portrait.
Some of you will probably sneer at my opinion and consider me to be an effete snob. One of the definitions of effete is “decadent.” I like that, although I have never actually tried it — except when I sneak over to Days for an illicit hot fudge sundae, twice or thrice each summer.
Of course, this image has some special meaning since the portion of the pier that is seen here is no longer present due to hurricane Sandy (2012,) and compare to the recent total rebuild. I think they both went out 500 feet.
The picture reminds me of the song from Annie –“Tomorrow” (“The sun will come out tomorrow; bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow there’ll be sun…”). But that’s not the song for this photograph.
Instead, I’m in the mood for John Rutter’s music, and here is his “Blow, blow thou winter wind.” — Paul Goldfinger, MD, Editor, Blogfinger.net
Posted in Postcards From Ocean Grove, tagged Blue Valentine, Penny and the Quarters on March 3, 2023|
Saturday night at the Great Auditorium: Doo Wop night 2011. Good will for the CMA. Paul Goldfinger photo
THE DEL-VIKINGS:
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Postcards From Ocean Grove, tagged Ocean Grove Auditorium, The Great Auditorium in the snow on December 26, 2022| 1 Comment »
Ocean Grove. 2005. By Paul Goldfinger. © click left
SLOVENIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. From “Xerxes” Act one. George Frideric Handel
Posted in Postcards From Ocean Grove, tagged A pretty girl is like a melody, she'll run around your brain on December 15, 2022| 1 Comment »
By Paul Goldfinger. Ocean Grove beach. Sept 14, 2013 © click left to see the sky better.
BING CROSBY AND AL JOLSON (one pretty girl for each). From the album “The Complete Radio Duets.”
Posted in Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Postcards From Ocean Grove, tagged Summer rentals Ocean Grove on November 30, 2022|
Summer Rentals. Ocean Avenue, Ocean Grove. April 5, 2015. Paul Goldfinger photo © Click to enlarge
JOHNNY HARTMAN
Posted in Photographic Gallery: Ocean Grove, Photography: Jersey Shore Gallery, Postcards From Ocean Grove, tagged A foggy day in OG town, Fletcher Lake in winter, Gregory Hines sings "A Foggy Day." on November 12, 2022| 1 Comment »
Fletcher Lake from the OG side. January 11. 2014. By Paul Goldfinger © Click to enlarge.
A FOGGY DAY. Performed by Gregory Hines. George and Ira Gershwin wrote this song for a 1937 movie called “A Damsel in Distress.” Fred Astaire performed “Foggy Day” in that film.
We have a winner in our “name that singer” contest. It is Carl Swenson of OG who nailed it.
Gregory Hines was a brilliant performer who, early in his career, sang and danced with his brother Maurice Hines and his Dad. The act was called “Hines, Hines and Dad.” Eileen and I saw them live in New York, and they they were wonderful. 
Gregory Hines was a great star of movies, TV, and Broadway. He won a Tony and an Emmy. He died at age 57 of cancer. —PG
Posted in Blogfinger News, Postcards From Ocean Grove, tagged Art show in Founders Park 2005 on March 28, 2022|
Founder’s Park Art Show 2005. By Paul Goldfinger. © Click image to see that she must have been a beautiful baby.
This is the sort of small-town community event that we need in OG. So much better for the locals during the loveliest time of year in the Grove (springtime) when we should have our town to ourselves.
Am I repeating myself? Well golly..some things bear repeating (or is it bare?)
BILLIE HOLIDAY WITH THE TEDDY WILSON ORCHESTRA :
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Postcards From Ocean Grove, tagged Canadian Brass "The Sussex Carol" on February 20, 2022|
