After more than a decade, Asbury Park’s “home of retro and modern fashion” is leaving town. By the end of September, Susan “Suzi” Kandel and Allan Pollack will soon pack up the wares at Allan and Suzi to head back north, making their flagship New York store their only location once again. Kandel and Pollack […]

A large portion of the building once housing the Fast Lane nightclub has been demolished as the razing of the structure continues. The demolition is at the request of the owners of Asbury Lanes, the 1960s era bowling alley and music venue adjacent to the Fast Lane building. Once the land is cleared, Asbury Lanes […]

Demolition began today on the building which once housed the Fast Lane nightclub on Fourth Avenue. The structure is adjacent to Asbury Lanes, the bowling alley and music venue that dates to the early 1960s. Once the land from the Fast Lane structure is cleared, Asbury Lanes plans to expand onto the space to have […]

Demolition of the former Fast Lane nightclub building [above at right] has been put off until next week, according to Brian Cheripka, vice president of land for waterfront redeveloper iStar Financial, which owns the property. Demolition equipment should arrive today or Monday, with the work now expected to begin on Tuesday, Cheripka said. Special care […]

The building once housing the Fast Lane nightclub is scheduled to be torn down this week. Waterfront redeveloper iStar Financial owns the property, and the company will be conducting the demolition, according to Brian Cheripka, iStar’s vice president for land. Cheripka also confirmed the plan to demolish the structure this week. The building [above at […]

In response to recent shootings, local citizens are being invited to team up with members of the Asbury Park Police Department to create neighborhood watch groups. Officer Michael Casey is the lead member of the police department working to help establish the groups. Local citizens and police met for the third time in council chambers […]

Developer Patrick Fasano has filed an application with the city to extend his liquor license at the Bond Street Bar into an adjacent building [above] he owns on Cookman Avenue. Liquor licenses can be extended to contiguous properties that a license holder owns or leases. “He has a commercial building next to the Bond Street […]

Local developer Pat Fasano has stepped in as president of the Asbury Park Homeowners Association now that Randy Thompson has left the role. Thompson was president for just over a year and decided it was “time to move on,” the former president said. “I did my time and helped out as much as I could,” […]

Ownership of the Asbury Lanes building is changing hands from Pat Fasano and Vince Gifford to waterfront redeveloper Asbury Partners. The switch is part of a land exchange wherein Fasano and Gifford will give Asbury Partners three lots, and Asbury Partners will give them three lots. The transfer of deeds will likely take place lot-by-lot […]

A downtown tavern is set to expand upward. The Bond Street Bar will add upstairs seating and rooftop bar by summer 2014, owner Pat Fasano said today. The first floor has operated as a bar with a food menu for about two years, Fasano said. The bar and picnic-style table on the first floor tend […]