http://thecoaster.net/wordpress/2008/03/27/makeover-continues-at-city-beachfront/ Your Community Newspaper covering the central Monmouth County area Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:39:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://thecoaster.net/wordpress/2008/03/27/makeover-continues-at-city-beachfront/#comment-35130 Jim in Allenhurst Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:41:37 +0000 http://thecoaster.net/wordpress/?p=2405#comment-35130 Convention Hall is sinking! (just look at the first picture) Convention Hall is sinking! (just look at the first picture)

]]> http://thecoaster.net/wordpress/2008/03/27/makeover-continues-at-city-beachfront/#comment-35090 Neal Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:54:47 +0000 http://thecoaster.net/wordpress/?p=2405#comment-35090 The progress in Asbury Park is positively Sisyphean. I applaud McLoone, Schlossbach, et al. for investing in the boardwalk. Madison Marquette is to be commended for driving interest and confidence in the oceanfront. That said, it seems every accomplishment comes with a requisite head scratcher (if not head banger). If you are bothering to restore the carousel house to get the historic status, why not do it right and replace the carousel? I know the original is in use in Myrtle Beach (thank goodness), but you could easily commission a new one. Meeting space? The place for meeting space is a new hotel, which is what should have gone up where the Esperanza was supposed to have gone up. I understand the desire to get things moving in an area that’s been stagnant for decades, but I don’t see how stifling common sense expedites the process. Would it really take that much longer to build a new carousel? Happy to hear about the volleyball courts. Hope it doesn’t turn into Bar A north. The progress in Asbury Park is positively Sisyphean. I applaud McLoone, Schlossbach, et al. for investing in the boardwalk. Madison Marquette is to be commended for driving interest and confidence in the oceanfront. That said, it seems every accomplishment comes with a requisite head scratcher (if not head banger). If you are bothering to restore the carousel house to get the historic status, why not do it right and replace the carousel? I know the original is in use in Myrtle Beach (thank goodness), but you could easily commission a new one. Meeting space? The place for meeting space is a new hotel, which is what should have gone up where the Esperanza was supposed to have gone up. I understand the desire to get things moving in an area thats been stagnant for decades, but I dont see how stifling common sense expedites the process. Would it really take that much longer to build a new carousel?
Happy to hear about the volleyball courts. Hope it doesnt turn into Bar A north.

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