The unfinished and abandoned “Esperanza” on Ocean Avenue in Asbury Park. Definitely the “Wrong Way.” March 26, 2015. Photo by Paul Goldfinger. Click to enlarge. Blogfinger.net.
2007: The first iteration of “Esperanza”. 1101 Ocean Avenue, Asbury Park failed and was imploded. Not shown.
2015: : Above photo is the 1101 Ocean Avenue incomplete project also #2 called “Esperanza” Asbury Park. Two failed projects called “Esperanza” had occurred there, and #2 had stood as a marker of lost hope in A. Park.
2017, A third project is announced at that site, and the 16 story 1101 Ocean Club was eventually built. which would provide 128 condominiums, 22,000 ft2 of retail space and a 3 story parking garage. The project changed the skyline of A.Park.
A Charles Layton 2017 Blogfinger editorial back then suggested that the Ocean Grove North End project be developed slowly to avoid train wrecks like the “Esperanza.”
2024: You can get a 1 bed room apartment there for about $900,000.00.
B.J. THOMAS “Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song.”