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OT: Belmar beach badge checkers don’t fool around

That link is pretty cool!
Rode by Gillian’s today at lunch on my bike Interesting that they are already removing the name and decor from the facade
Just did Seaside Heights on that link.. had no idea they reclaimed sedge islands in the bay to make land. Rutgers stadium area is interesting too.
 
Gillian's Wonderland Pier - hope Ocean City votes down everything the new owner wants to do. Make the land open space.. a park.. give it to the high school next door.. condemn it..

This link you can compare 1933 to 2020 in NJ Aerial photos
They legally can't say no if the new owners propose a currently approved use. Also, can't condemn the land without a well-documented public use. Is the high school seeking new land due to capacity issues? Kind of hard to cite the need for open space in that area when the freaking beach is 50 feet away.

Perfectly fine to say no if the new owners are asking for a use variance.
 
Cal has professional lifeguards. You don’t have to pay to go to the beach. The beach is for everyone.

Horrible that NJ does that.
Aren't they paid by fees the state charges for other recreational activities? If so, in essence they are charging only those who want to participate the same as NJ does.

I believe well before you lived out that way, Cali voters passed a proposition eliminating sources of funding for beaches for such things as cleaning and maintenance and they turned to crap until it was reversed.
Do you think they would adopt an older person to help them spend all the moneyy
It was back in th early/mid 90's. As I remember it was a very contentious situation that took several years to resolve.
 
Kiddie Rides and Mini Golf?
I remember Kirsch's (spelling) and the giant waterslide North of Gee Gee's (a shell of it's former self) and Gee Gee's having a larger arcade.
I don't remember Kiddie Rides.

Mini golf-I remember there being a least one place a block or two West of the Osprey- is that the one you are referring to?

Belmar lost their mini golf years ago. Closest one north of Manasquan is Bradley beach-sure Pt. Pleasant has mini golfs and rides, but it's a zoo to park there most days.

Found this......

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Found this......

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Oh wow, never knew that. Before my time. Those little tanks look like fun.

Some similar ones:

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Found this too:

"Originally “Squan Beach”, it had a number of early pavilions, which provided food, beverages and dancing for the visitors. These have been replaced by a number of small restaurants and a small “penny-arcade” that is popular with kids today. Make sure you try the skee ball machine! The old wooden boardwalk was replaced in the 1950s with the asphalt paved boardwalk of today."
 
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There were so many "kiddie land" type parks way back when because of a few factors:

- new accessibility with everyone having cars and highway projects (oddly inspired by Hitler's Autobahn)

- the baby boom after WWII

- the rise of suburbs.. population spread wide making day trips easier/shorter

- prior to the above, most amusement parks were geared toward public transport. often built at the end of rail lines to boost ridership on weekends. Palisades Park was a good example.. ferries and rail was used from NYC to get there.

The original amusement park boom in the USA began after the US Civil War circa 1870s-1890s.

BTW.. Railways played a big part before the auto boom and highways.. check this link Jersey Shore Railroads
 
Oh wow, never knew that. Before my time. Those little tanks look like fun.

Some similar ones:

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Found this too:

"Originally “Squan Beach”, it had a number of early pavilions, which provided food, beverages and dancing for the visitors. These have been replaced by a number of small restaurants and a small “penny-arcade” that is popular with kids today. Make sure you try the skee ball machine! The old wooden boardwalk was replaced in the 1950s with the asphalt paved boardwalk of today."
Yeah, I believe they got tired of replacing the boardwalk after storms. As you can see, unlike other beaches it wasn't raised much and had to be replaced a few times.
 
Yes, just south of Ice Cream on 9, we went after getting ice cream(temporarily closed this year). Hell, if we still had a Bed, Bath and Beyond, I could have made a day of it.

When I was in HS we would do Ice Cream on 9, Checkers and mini golf lol. That was always the cheapest mini golf and one of the nicest. IMO Ice Cream on 9 best ice cream in that area.
 
Close call in OC

Lucky. heard the fire trucks and then more trucks from Marmora coming over the bridge Could see the smoke from my roof deck but seems like they put it out pretty quickly as the smoke quickly disappeared
 
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Lucky. heard the fire trucks and then more trucks from Marmora coming over the bridge Could see the smoke from my roof deck but seems like they put it out pretty quickly as the smoke quickly disappeared
Big fire in Brielle last night--Manasquan, South Wall and other departments called to help. Wind driven fires in old, large structures are a pisser. @e5fdny , @kupuna133
 
Big fire in Brielle last night--Manasquan, South Wall and other departments called to help. Wind driven fires in old, large structures are a pisser. @e5fdny , @kupuna133
Heard the fire trucks sirens . Glad everyone got out safely. Correct wind was something last night. Sirens sounded like they were going in all different directions. Must have been additional alarms because there was minimum 30 minutes between initial and next barrage of sirens.
 
Think the fire sparked back up. 2 engines and the chiefs truck just blew by me as I was on river view drive by Manasquan River golf club.
 
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