Supposed to be "literary" use. Forgot to spell check. --- In [email protected], "bluebishop82" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > T-Dube, > > Your post below, more accurately the points you make, is the only > thing wrong with AP. That dead-hand control, refuse to look > forward, no progress, visionless, over-romanticized, Nostalgia- Nazi > view that we have to return to a fictionalized past that never was > instead of moving to a bright future we could have, is the only > thing wrong with AP. > > Your literarly use of slowly morphing the Pony into all that is the > rest of Asbury Park is the template, often used by others, that > reveals Asbury is filled with Springsteen fanatics posing as people > who pretend to know the rest of the City. > > > --- In [email protected], traderdube <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Couldn't agree more, the pony in it's current state doesn't matter. > > Same as convention hall, the paramount, the southside structures > > that includes the casino, power plant and carousel matter even > less. > > The Hojo's building and the pryor ampi-theater...don't matter. > > fast lane, baronet, bowling alley...don't matter. > > All that really matters in Asbury Park is what the current king > deems > > meritous. > > High rise condos, maximum return on investment dollars, or > > non-investment dollars. > > Take the "don't matter" to the next level. > > All the poor unfortunates living East of Bergh, east of Grand, > maybe > > east of main, don't matter either. > > Move the poor people out and move the nice people in. > > > > Amazing, unless of course you live in Asbury Park, maybe grew up > in > > Asbury Park, maybe did summers > > in Asbury Park. > > Then those things matter, big time. > > > > Yes, it is 100% true that very little of the history and even > fewer of > > the people who comprised that history > > matter today in Asbury Park. All that history and all those people > will > > one day, be history. Forgotten by time > > and left behind in the brave new world that someone decided should > be > > Asbury Park in the 21st century. > > > > Unless of course someone with vision and guts and the ability to > lead > > shows up and sets things right. > > > > Someone who respects the city, past and present, someone with > regard for > > the past embracing the future. > > > > A knight in shining armor who rides down Cookman, takes a loop > around > > the old circuit, takes a look at all > > that still is Asbury Park and decides that every brick and > shingle, and > > every "decent" resident of Asbury Park > > not only deserves a voice in the future of Asbury Park, but a > piece of > > the action. > > > > As for the pony, it stopped mattering the day that Asbury Partners > > bought it in one more back room deal that made > > absolutely zero sense. The pony only matters to non-asbury > residents, > > who crave a piece of Asbury's past, at least as far back as 1973 > > when the first Springsteen albums hit the streets. Those tourist > come > > into Asbury looking to recapture a little of the glory but witness > > only decay and degradation and if they are lucky, a place to get a > cold > > beer. Alas, getting a cold beer in Asbury Park is hit or miss. > > More often than not, what few watering holes still in operation > are > > usually closed during the day.
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