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Old 01-22-2007, 07:20 AM
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This is really sad news. I hopw we can get as many signatures as possible. I signed it....

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Please let your friends know about this website and have them sign the petition as well

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Old 01-22-2007, 04:07 PM
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I thought the Fastlane is already torn down ?!?!

Good luck with the petition. It worked for the Stone Pony so who knows.
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Old 01-22-2007, 11:53 PM
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Im really shocked... Jon and Bruce should buy it !!!!!!!!

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Thats exactly what I was thinking. Signed it...of course!
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Old 01-23-2007, 09:26 AM
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I went and signed I'm not sure I understand this why tear down a business that is thriving???? I mean I get wanting to build and sell condos but don't those people need neighborhood places to go out to as well???? Why can't both exsist??? Surely this business group isn't going to lose that much by allowing this club/restaurant which is doing good business to stay.
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The way I see it - it's about location. The Wonder Bar is directly across from the Convention center - which is right on the ocean. The Fast Lane is only a block and a half away. It's prime real estate and the property owner will make far money more selling the property for condos than they will renting it out to a bar.

And Asbury Park as a city seems to be doing its best to forget it's past - bulldoze the evidence - and turn itself into an expensive beach community. No history is being preserved at all.

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And Asbury Park as a city seems to be doing its best to forget it past - bulldoze the evidence - and turn itself into an expensive beach community. No history is being preserved at all.

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Signed it as well.
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The way I see it - it's about location. The Wonder Bar is directly across from the Convention center - which is right on the ocean. The Fast Lane is only a block and a half away. It's prime real estate and the property owner will make far money more selling the property for condos than they will renting it out to a bar.

And Asbury Park as a city seems to be doing its best to forget it's past - bulldoze the evidence - and turn itself into an expensive beach community. No history is being preserved at all.

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Old 01-23-2007, 03:35 PM
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That makes me so sad that I can't even put in to words.
Ditto. Once you have been there and seen the evidence for yourself....it really makes you sad to think that they are willing to tear down a major area of Asbury Park which was once so popular. Why not let these buildings stay standing, refurb them and breath some new life into them?
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Ditto. Once you have been there and seen the evidence for yourself....it really makes you sad to think that they are willing to tear down a major area of Asbury Park which was once so popular. Why not let these buildings stay standing, refurb them and breath some new life into them?

They could actually do that AND build new condos. There would then be a small thriving downtown with some nightlife. Unfortunately, the upscale communities being planned and built don't seem to want the "old" nightlife around - too much negative connotation probably.

And the flip side of the coin is the other side of town - what used to be the black side of town. Originally, the riots in Asbury Park were about the failure of the city council to fix even the smallest thing. The sewers flowed into the streets - the streets flooded etc. The people that lived there payed taxes like anyone else and they got nothing. To this day - not one penny has been spent in "that" part of town. It is still being left to rot.

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