HEY NJ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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HEY NJ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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ASBURY PARK, N.J. (AP) - Thousands of e-mails, petitions and telephone calls apparently have convinced the city and the firm working on its redevelopment plan that the Stone Pony shouldn't be moved as part of the remaking of Asbury Park's beachfront area.
The club made famous by Bruce Springsteen and other New Jersey rockers is a shrine to its devotees, and they mobilized to save it.
The City Council is scheduled to vote in April on an ambitious plan that calls for some 3,000 housing units to be built or refurbished. The new buildings are to be erected around the Pony, instead of in its place.
"I would be very surprised if the (redevelopment) plan was approved without the Pony staying where it's at," city manager Terry Weldon told The New York Times for Monday's editions.Such salvation seemed unthinkable just two months ago. Even the Pony's owner, Domenic Santana, was resigned to accepting a buyout and a moving down the street to a new site.
But "The Movement," as Santana calls it, became too big.
"It's weird, it's eerie to know how many fans around the world obsess with that facility," he said. "I decided that I couldn't put a dollar amount on something that means so much to so much to so many."
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ASBURY PARK, N.J. (AP) - Thousands of e-mails, petitions and telephone calls apparently have convinced the city and the firm working on its redevelopment plan that the Stone Pony shouldn't be moved as part of the remaking of Asbury Park's beachfront area.
The club made famous by Bruce Springsteen and other New Jersey rockers is a shrine to its devotees, and they mobilized to save it.
The City Council is scheduled to vote in April on an ambitious plan that calls for some 3,000 housing units to be built or refurbished. The new buildings are to be erected around the Pony, instead of in its place.
"I would be very surprised if the (redevelopment) plan was approved without the Pony staying where it's at," city manager Terry Weldon told The New York Times for Monday's editions.Such salvation seemed unthinkable just two months ago. Even the Pony's owner, Domenic Santana, was resigned to accepting a buyout and a moving down the street to a new site.
But "The Movement," as Santana calls it, became too big.
"It's weird, it's eerie to know how many fans around the world obsess with that facility," he said. "I decided that I couldn't put a dollar amount on something that means so much to so much to so many."
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Re: HEY NJ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (69shark)
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I remember signing that! A while ago!!! :cool:
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From: joyzee shaw
Re: HEY NJ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (69shark)
Was at the 'pony' last night. what a dump! BUT it does have a long history and you can see alot of famous faces there just milling around in the summer time.
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Re: HEY NJ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (a851yy07)
Hey Don whats up ? Coming to the cruise-in this year with us? long time no see hope all is well.. :cheers:
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asbury park was great as a kid.Looking forward to it coming back.
Chris
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From: joyzee shaw
Re: HEY NJ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (DINO)
Hey Don whats up ? Coming to the cruise-in this year with us? long time no see hope all is well.. :cheers: