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Unfolding the Reconstruction
Plans for Asbury Park
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It appears that if the plan presented at that meeting was accepted and executed intact, most of the area east of Web St. / Brigh
St (an area including Moonrocks, The FastLane and The Stone Pony) will be demolished to make room for a number of high density housing units.
Being a strong supporter of Original Music, I
must admit that my primary reason for attending was the preservation of as many musical venues as possible, but it was not long before much more then the possible loss of the Stone Pony and other venues
began to bother me
Attendees asked about the coast of housing units and received no numbers except that some of them would be reasonably priced. When pressed, no one could answer what
reasonably priced equated to in dollars and cents and most residents seems to feel that their idea of reasonably priced might not agree with the developers idea of reasonably priced.
John
Cavanaugh a local photographer and Walter Gardner a local historian felt the plan had some good features, but pointed out that it forgot that the Boardwalk originally designed as a shopping mall was, and
should be the hart of Asbury Park. In reference to the Stone Pony, they admitted that you might be able to move a business, but felt strongly that you couldn't move it's history. John (along with most
other attendees) believed that moving the pony was tantamount to putting a stake threw it's hart..
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