palace amusements

Asbury Park

City’s second Little Free Library installed downtown

Design pays homage to old palace amusements building

By Jill Bartlett


Another mini lending library has popped up in Asbury Park, this time at the corner of Cookman and Grand avenues. A Little Free Library is a box full of books where anyone can stop and select a book to take and read or drop off books to share. The idea behind the movement is to […]

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Jul 02, 2014
Asbury Park

Palace Amusement artifacts now subject to state oversight

DEP steps in after two pieces reported missing

By Molly Mulshine


The state’s Department of Environmental Protection [DEP] has created a list of historic artifacts from the former Palace Amusement complex that cannot be moved from their current storage locations unless boardwalk redeveloper Madison Marquette (or Madison Asbury Retail, LLC) informs the DEP first. Two artifacts from the former Palace Amusement complex [pictured above] — a […]

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Oct 18, 2012