Asbury Park, NJ
We took a drive down to Asbury Park on Saturday. The boardwalk that winds along the beach passes through some of the relics of the town’s history as a premier seaside destination in the late 1800’s and early to mid 1900’s. The town is currently on the cusp of a renaissance, but some of the neat old buildings (while boarded up) still hold their ground. The area definitely has a Coney Island (pre-keyspan stadium) kinda feel to it. I can’t wait to return this summer!
Downtown Asbury Park is full of little shops and there are some really wonderful tree-lined residential streets leading up to the beach.
Asbury Park Then:
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Asbury Park Now:
April 18th, 2006 at 3:46 am
I saw Weezer and GBV at the Stone Pony. Great shows, great crowds, but I was amazed at what a ghost town the place was as a whole; it’s really kinda scary at night there. Bruce Springsteen wrote a great song about Asbury Park, “My City of Ruins.”
August 26th, 2007 at 10:18 am
this makes me very sad to have to see these pics of the way it looks now they should try and bring it back it seems like back in the day it was a great place to be