A concert to benefit the Save Asbury’s Waterfront (SAW) group in its campaign for “A Beach and Boardwalk for All” will feature a tribute show of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young’s classics at the House of Independents in Asbury Park on Thursday, January 23 at 7pm, according to a news release from SAW. The event’s […]

iStar [the city’s master waterfront developer] and the City, announced in a joint news statement that an agreement has been reached on how to move forward with the reconstruction of the north end boardwalk. “With the cooperation of iStar, we are ready to bring a new boardwalk to the north end,” Mayor John Moor said. […]

Editor, the Asbury Park Sun, Asbury Park’s waterfront developer iStar Financial, Inc. will present its plans for a membership-based beach and pool club 6 pm May 29. The beach club is being marketed as an amenity to the recently developed high-rise luxury condo and hotel, The Asbury Ocean Club. Hundreds of concerned residents, environmental advocates […]

The Asbury Park City Council has announced a public participation meeting will be held from 7 to 9 pm Jan. 15 at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School, located at 600 Monroe Ave. The charrette-style meeting will allow attendees to vet proposed draft design options for the North End Boardwalk area, which includes refurbishing the boardwalk, upgrading […]

Editor, Asbury Sun, On behalf of Save Asbury’s Waterfront [SAW], I wish to respond to three statements made in the Asbury Park Sun’s Dec 5th article regarding iStar’s beach club plans. 1) “During the design process, iStar met with members of the local community to discuss the project…” The last public-wide meeting where information about […]

Following an over 2 hour long public session that centered on concerns about an infrastructure redevelopment project currently underway along the north beach area of Asbury Park, the City Council unanimously voted to halt the project. City Manager Michael Capabianco read the resolution, citing public opposition to environmental concerns, public access, loss of public beach, […]

The grassroots group organized to halt a current boardwalk and parking lot infrastructure improvement project by iStar, the city’s master waterfront redeveloper, has organized a rally and press conference ahead of the 6 pm Thursday City Council Workshop meeting in Council Chambers at 1 Municipal Plaza [Bangs Avenue entrance].   iStar will outline the project […]

Environmental concerns along Asbury Park’s waterfront have taken center stage once again.  A recently launched north end infrastructure improvement project by iStar – the city’s master waterfront redeveloper, resulted in the Friday morning launch of a petition to halt the redevelopment. Save Asbury Park, the grassroots group behind the fight to preserve a swath of […]