--- In [email protected], "Jack Pitzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ha. Think about it. It's sitting there just being ugly. Make it into a mini golf with a > construction theme, or a paintball place. Or, maybe get the artist that did "The Gates" in > NYC to come wrap it in something. > Most of all, just tear the piece of crap down and plant some grass.
Or turn it into a full sized hotel. Have a picture window ballroom overlooking the ocean to host conferences and weddings at full rate but host the APHS prom for free as a goodwill gesture. Run a "place-to-be-seen" restaurant inside. Class up the corridors with pictures like these <http://flemingwhite.com/historic_images_asbury_park.htm> on the walls. Build the pool they were going to anyway on the lower roof, but make it Olympic sized. Make it energy efficient and wifi capable. Most of all, provide lodging to the crowds who would ostensibly be filling the boardwalk for the events at the Paramount, CH and the rebuilt Casino, as well as jobs (and a sense of personal connection to the redevelopment) to local kids and tax revenue to the city. Or something.
