Little death collective and The historic Baronet theater invite you to join us for a very special occasion…
An Evening with Crispin Glover
When: May 4th and 5th
Doors at 7:30pm,
Show at 8:00pm,
Where: The baronet theater
205 4th ave.
Asbury Park, NJ 07712
Tickets available at ticketweb.com
There will also be some tickets available at the door before showtime!
A live appearance with Crispin, plus a screening of his film, “What is it?”, followed by his BIG SLIDESHOW, a Q&A session, and book signing…..
Veteran actor Crispin Hellion Glover, who has appeared in over 30 films, including RIVER’S EDGE, CHARLIE’S ANGELS, THE DOORS, WILLARD, DEAD MAN, BACK TO THE FUTURE, WHAT’S EATING GLIBERT GRAPE, WILD AT HEART, THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT the upcoming BEOWULF, THE WIZARD OF GORE, and BOB BAILEY’S DISCO BALLS will tour his debut feature film as a director, WHAT IS IT? Glover’s appearances in San Francisco, Seattle, New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, and now Asbury Park, will include a q & a after the film screening and a presentation of his “Big Slide Show” which features illustration and commentary from eight of his books, followed by a signing of his books RAT CATCHING, OAK MOT, and What it is, and how it is done. WHAT IS IT? premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and won Best Narrative Film at the 2005 Ann Arbor Film Festival. In the same year Mr. Glover was awarded the prestigious Maverick Award from the Method Fest which was presented to him by esteemed film director Werner Herzog.
SYNAPSIS of “WHAT IS IT?”
Known for creating many memorable, incredibly quirky characters onscreen as an actor, Glover’s first effort as a director will not disappoint fans of his offbeat sensibilities and eccentric taste. Featuring a cast largely comprised of actors with Down’s Syndrome, the film is not about Down’s Syndrome. Glover describes it as “Being the adventures of a young man whose principal interests are snails, salt, a pipe and how to get home as tormented by an hubristic racist inner psyche.” In addition to writing and directing WHAT IS IT?, Glover also appears in the film as an actor in the role of “Dueling Demi-God Auteur and The young man’s inner psyche.” Fairuza Balk voices one of the snails….
“What Is It? is an outre, bewildering, unnerving, surreal, blackly comic film. It is brilliant in its sensitivity and humanity and infantile in its excess.” — Darius James, Spin
Crispin Glover is weird and wonderful… Crazy in a Good Way.“ — Joel Stein, Time magazine..
“Scenes with naked women in elephant masks, Shirley Temple, Glover being lowered deus-ex-machina style into a Maxfield Parrish scene…It’s like Fellini on psychedelics — wildly creative but completely twisted.” — Jane Ganahl, San Francisco Examine
“It’s unlike anything I’ve ever seen before…the unrestrained id of an artist at full frenzy, unafraid to mount onscreen what others would judiciously edit out. Glover’s film is like that the fever dream of a crazy person. ”
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH (PG) Documentary 2006
A documentary on Al Gore’s campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide.
Showtimes:
Friday, September 15th at 7:15 p.m., 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 16th at 7:15 p.m., 9:30 p.m.
Sunday, September 17th at 2:00 p.m.
COMING SOON:
Fall is here…and the Classics are back! Starting Saturday, September 23rd we will beging a series of classic cinema presentations!
Also:
Spend Halloween at the Baronet!
Friday, October 27th at 8:00 p.m.
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Silent Horror 1925
This silent classic is still impressive, even after seventy-nine years! Lon Chaney’s performance is easily the highlight of the movie. His ghostly movements about his underground lair are haunting even by today’s standards. LIVE Organ accompaniment by Jeff Barker!
Saturday, October 28th at 7:30 p.m.
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE Horror 1962
In a decaying Hollywood mansion, Jane Hudson, a former child star, and her sister Blanche, a movie queen forced into retirement after a crippling accident, live in virtual isolation. Starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. “…but ya are in that chair, Blanche!" BABY JANE SPECIAL
FREE Admission to anyone dressed like Baby Jane. Prize for the Freakiest Baby Jane outfit!
Saturday, October 28th at 10:30 p.m.
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW Muiscal/Horror 1975
A newly engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must pay a call to the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-N-Furter. Starring Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick.
Come and join the Baronet…the perfect venue… in reviving an old tradition. Leave your coffins and dust off your old Rocky Horror duds and live life like it was the 70’s and 80’s …before the Internet and MySpace destroyed American pop culture! This is a shout-out to all Rocky Horror-heads to come and perform!
For the first time in over 25 years a commercial, buy your ticket and get some popcorn movie was shown tonight in Asbury Park, New Jersey.
I am proud to say that Galaxy Theaters successfully opened the Asbury Baronet Theater tonight
It was a glorious success!
A few corrections. As I understand it, when Mr. Reade bought the then Ocean Theater in Asbury Park, he was the owner of the NYC Baronet Theater. He hated the marquee at the NYC Baronet, moved it to Asbury Park, and the Ocean became the Baronet. It is kind of obvious when you look at the Baronet Sign above the marquee at The Baronet.
Secondly, nobody uses the Baronet or the Fast Lane for after anything parties because both places are closed. The Baronet will be re-opening in May, with The Fast Lane soon to follow. The 3rd building is The Asbury Lanes and walking into The Lanes in like walking into a great Film Noir classic. Worth the trip to see it.
Baronet Theatre revival expected by summer
Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 04/6/06
BY VINCE MILLER
STAFF WRITER
The 93-year-old Baronet Theatre in Asbury Park could light back up before the summer with films, cabaret and live theater, according to its latest owners.
The plan is to restore the theater and the Fast Lane nightclub next door as the centerpiece of a vibrant Fourth Avenue entertainment district in Asbury Park, and the owners say they are feeling the local support.
Asbury Park real-estate developer Pat Fasano and partner Dennis Dubrow, Oceanport, bought the properties in December for $1.2 million, Dubrow said.
Fasano, who lives in New Brunswick, also owns the Wonder Bar at Fifth and Ocean avenues, and several shops on Cookman Avenue, Fasano said.
Being one block from the boardwalk, though, the theater and the defunct nightclub next door are in an oceanfront redevelopment zone, so their future depends on Asbury Partners, developers of the area, and city officials.
Dubrow said he and Fasano were not encouraged by an initial meeting they had with Larry Fishman, chief operating officer of Asbury Partners. Fishman could not be reached for comment.
Undaunted, the partners have received building permits and plan to spend up to $100,000 to fix up the buildings.
Renovation work began March 23.
The partners hope to unveil the theater, with historic architectural features intact, by summer.
“We’ve contracted with Days Awake, a local band, to play for our opening night fund-raiser,” Dubrow said.
“We didn’t want to invest more than $100,000 until we have a certificate of occupancy,” Dubrow said.
The work includes replacing walls and ceilings, washing all 500 seats and installing new carpet, he said. Fire exits and the roof are being fixed, and the heating and air-conditioning units improved.
“This is a masonry building, so it’s in good shape,” he said.
The stage still has the proscenium arch, and the projection room still houses refurbished 35mm film projectors.
The plan is for the Baronet and Fast Lane to become venues different from what they were in the 1970s, Dubrow said.
Fast Lane was originally the warehouse for the Steinbach Co. But a half-filled bottle of Southern Comfort on the bar last week was a reminder of the days when touring bands “got their start there,” Dubrow said.
“Such outfits as the Ramones, Patti Smith and Jon Bon Jovi and Wild Hearts played there,” Dubrow said.
Fast Lane is in good structural shape, too, he said.
“But, the interior will be gutted entirely,” Dubrow said.
“We plan to make Fast Lane a night club/concert hall. (We) have a contract with Concert East to bring in the talent,” Dubrow said. “They own the Starland ballroom in Sayreville and are the No. 1 concert promoter on the East Coast.”
Fasano intends to bring a mixture of theater, film, cabaret and seminars to the Baronet.
“Our goal is to embrace the youth of this area and give them a venue to express themselves,” he said.
“Our larger goal is to create a new arts district on Fourth Avenue,” Dubrow said.
Looking around the immediate area, Fasano remarked, “This isn’t redevelopment. It’s undevelopment.
“I’m trying to prevent another Long Branch,” he said. “I’m trying to save what we have. We don’t need eminent domain here.”
“This is the last of the Walter Reade theaters, and we want to save it,” Fasano said.
The Baronet opened as a vaudeville house called the Ocean Theatre in 1913. The Walter Reade chain bought it in 1953.
In the 1960s, it was the city’s art-film house, but by the 1970s, popularity ebbed and it ceased operating by the end of the decade.
Eventually, Walter Burns and Maurice Giberson of New York bought it and tried to restore the Baronet, from 1986 to 1991, but their applications for certificates of occupancy were denied. So, they sold it to Fasano and Dubrow.
Dubrow said the city’s reasons for denying Burns and Giberson COs were “ridiculous.”
“The applicants had painted the theater red, which the city said was "a color reserved for firehouses.‘ They also had windows in the theater, and the city said they could not have windows inside. When we bought it, we cemented over the windows.”
Dubrow would not predict whether they will get a CO, but the owners claim support from several areas.
“There isn’t anyone in city hall, from the mayor on down, who has told me they do not support what we are doing,” Fasano said.
Tom Morrissey Productions, New York, is interested in forming a theater group outside of New York and bringing it to the Baronet. New York is “highly competitive and very expensive,” Morrissey said.
“We did research on abandoned theaters and came to Asbury Park several times,” he said.
Morrissey said a theater company would mean jobs for local people and more business for restaurants, shops and hotels.
“The National Endowment for the Arts says for every dollar spent to produce shows, $20 is spent in the community,” he said.
“Our next step is to get community support,” Morrissey said. “We will form a nonprofit corporation and a board of directors. We are looking for people who would like to join us either by being a board member or helping as a volunteer.”
Support also comes from Arts- CAP, a recently formed local cultural group.
Pam Lamberton, a member of the group’s board of directors, said the organization “strongly supports” what Fasano and Dubrow are doing and would be interested in putting on shows at the Baronet.
Dubrow said he has contacted Center Players, a Freehold troupe that staged a production in which his children recently had roles, and was encouraged.
“There’s a possibility Center Players could put on plays at the Baronet,” he said.
For more information or to arrange a tour of the Baronet and Fast Lane, call Dubrow at (732) 996-6843.
I am involved in trying to save the baronet theater in Asbury Park and I think it would be beneficial to attend your meeting tomorrow, please email me driving directions from NJ.
Thanks,
Dennis Dubrow
732-996-6843
ASBURY PARK WATERFRONT LANDMARK GETS A NEW LEASE ON LIFE
The Baronet Theater, on 4th Avenue in Asbury Park, NJ, one block from the boardwalk, has been given a new lease on life by two area developers hoping to make the art deco gem the centerpiece of a vibrant new downtown arts and entertainment complex.
Opened in 1913 as a vaudeville house, the Baronet was originally called the Ocean Theatre. It was bought and renovated in 1953 by Walter Reade theater chain. In the 1960s, it enjoyed a reputation as the town’s “art film†house, but by the 70s the Baronet was showing films of a somewhat shadier nature. By the end of the decade, it was pretty much out of business.
Asbury Park real estate developer Pat Fasano recently purchased the Baronet, along with the adjacent Fast Lane, a 2700-seat club and concert venue with a stellar past and, Fasano hopes, an equally promising future. The Baronet’s auditorium seats over 500, has a stage with a proscenium arch and still retains the recently refurbished 35 mm film projectors. Fasano intends to bring a mixture of theater, film and cabaret programming to the theater this summer. He has already put several hundred thousand dollars of repairs and improvements into the building, including a new roof, and refitted heating and air conditioning systems. Further improvements include new fire doors as well as improvements to the backstage area. Efforts to secure financial support for the season’s programming are already underway.
Together, Fasano hopes that the Baronet and the Fast Lane will become the anchor for a new arts and entertainment district along 4th ave to the boardwalk, helping to bring downtown Asbury Park alive again as a premiere shore destination.
Little death collective and The historic Baronet theater invite you to join us for a very special occasion…
An Evening with Crispin Glover
When: May 4th and 5th
Doors at 7:30pm,
Show at 8:00pm,
Where: The baronet theater
205 4th ave.
Asbury Park, NJ 07712
Tickets available at ticketweb.com
There will also be some tickets available at the door before showtime!
A live appearance with Crispin, plus a screening of his film, “What is it?”, followed by his BIG SLIDESHOW, a Q&A session, and book signing…..
Veteran actor Crispin Hellion Glover, who has appeared in over 30 films, including RIVER’S EDGE, CHARLIE’S ANGELS, THE DOORS, WILLARD, DEAD MAN, BACK TO THE FUTURE, WHAT’S EATING GLIBERT GRAPE, WILD AT HEART, THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT the upcoming BEOWULF, THE WIZARD OF GORE, and BOB BAILEY’S DISCO BALLS will tour his debut feature film as a director, WHAT IS IT? Glover’s appearances in San Francisco, Seattle, New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, and now Asbury Park, will include a q & a after the film screening and a presentation of his “Big Slide Show” which features illustration and commentary from eight of his books, followed by a signing of his books RAT CATCHING, OAK MOT, and What it is, and how it is done. WHAT IS IT? premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and won Best Narrative Film at the 2005 Ann Arbor Film Festival. In the same year Mr. Glover was awarded the prestigious Maverick Award from the Method Fest which was presented to him by esteemed film director Werner Herzog.
SYNAPSIS of “WHAT IS IT?”
Known for creating many memorable, incredibly quirky characters onscreen as an actor, Glover’s first effort as a director will not disappoint fans of his offbeat sensibilities and eccentric taste. Featuring a cast largely comprised of actors with Down’s Syndrome, the film is not about Down’s Syndrome. Glover describes it as “Being the adventures of a young man whose principal interests are snails, salt, a pipe and how to get home as tormented by an hubristic racist inner psyche.” In addition to writing and directing WHAT IS IT?, Glover also appears in the film as an actor in the role of “Dueling Demi-God Auteur and The young man’s inner psyche.” Fairuza Balk voices one of the snails….
“What Is It? is an outre, bewildering, unnerving, surreal, blackly comic film. It is brilliant in its sensitivity and humanity and infantile in its excess.” — Darius James, Spin
Crispin Glover is weird and wonderful… Crazy in a Good Way.“ — Joel Stein, Time magazine..
“Scenes with naked women in elephant masks, Shirley Temple, Glover being lowered deus-ex-machina style into a Maxfield Parrish scene…It’s like Fellini on psychedelics — wildly creative but completely twisted.” — Jane Ganahl, San Francisco Examine
“It’s unlike anything I’ve ever seen before…the unrestrained id of an artist at full frenzy, unafraid to mount onscreen what others would judiciously edit out. Glover’s film is like that the fever dream of a crazy person. ”
—Dennis Dermody
Paper Magazine
what does roadshow mean?
Do you have any pictures or info regarding the Ocean/Baronet theatre on 4th ave in asbury?
Now Showing:
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH (PG)
Documentary 2006
A documentary on Al Gore’s campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide.
Showtimes:
Friday, September 15th at 7:15 p.m., 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 16th at 7:15 p.m., 9:30 p.m.
Sunday, September 17th at 2:00 p.m.
COMING SOON:
Fall is here…and the Classics are back! Starting Saturday, September 23rd we will beging a series of classic cinema presentations!
Also:
Spend Halloween at the Baronet!
Friday, October 27th at 8:00 p.m.
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Silent Horror 1925
This silent classic is still impressive, even after seventy-nine years! Lon Chaney’s performance is easily the highlight of the movie. His ghostly movements about his underground lair are haunting even by today’s standards. LIVE Organ accompaniment by Jeff Barker!
Saturday, October 28th at 7:30 p.m.
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE
Horror 1962
In a decaying Hollywood mansion, Jane Hudson, a former child star, and her sister Blanche, a movie queen forced into retirement after a crippling accident, live in virtual isolation. Starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. “…but ya are in that chair, Blanche!"
BABY JANE SPECIAL
FREE Admission to anyone dressed like Baby Jane. Prize for the Freakiest Baby Jane outfit!
Saturday, October 28th at 10:30 p.m.
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
Muiscal/Horror 1975
A newly engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must pay a call to the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-N-Furter. Starring Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick.
Come and join the Baronet…the perfect venue… in reviving an old tradition. Leave your coffins and dust off your old Rocky Horror duds and live life like it was the 70’s and 80’s …before the Internet and MySpace destroyed American pop culture! This is a shout-out to all Rocky Horror-heads to come and perform!
Email us at:
For the first time in over 25 years a commercial, buy your ticket and get some popcorn movie was shown tonight in Asbury Park, New Jersey.
I am proud to say that Galaxy Theaters successfully opened the Asbury Baronet Theater tonight
It was a glorious success!
A few corrections. As I understand it, when Mr. Reade bought the then Ocean Theater in Asbury Park, he was the owner of the NYC Baronet Theater. He hated the marquee at the NYC Baronet, moved it to Asbury Park, and the Ocean became the Baronet. It is kind of obvious when you look at the Baronet Sign above the marquee at The Baronet.
Secondly, nobody uses the Baronet or the Fast Lane for after anything parties because both places are closed. The Baronet will be re-opening in May, with The Fast Lane soon to follow. The 3rd building is The Asbury Lanes and walking into The Lanes in like walking into a great Film Noir classic. Worth the trip to see it.
THE ELEMENT OF TIMING
Baronet Theatre revival expected by summer
Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 04/6/06
BY VINCE MILLER
STAFF WRITER
The 93-year-old Baronet Theatre in Asbury Park could light back up before the summer with films, cabaret and live theater, according to its latest owners.
The plan is to restore the theater and the Fast Lane nightclub next door as the centerpiece of a vibrant Fourth Avenue entertainment district in Asbury Park, and the owners say they are feeling the local support.
Asbury Park real-estate developer Pat Fasano and partner Dennis Dubrow, Oceanport, bought the properties in December for $1.2 million, Dubrow said.
Fasano, who lives in New Brunswick, also owns the Wonder Bar at Fifth and Ocean avenues, and several shops on Cookman Avenue, Fasano said.
Being one block from the boardwalk, though, the theater and the defunct nightclub next door are in an oceanfront redevelopment zone, so their future depends on Asbury Partners, developers of the area, and city officials.
Dubrow said he and Fasano were not encouraged by an initial meeting they had with Larry Fishman, chief operating officer of Asbury Partners. Fishman could not be reached for comment.
Undaunted, the partners have received building permits and plan to spend up to $100,000 to fix up the buildings.
Renovation work began March 23.
The partners hope to unveil the theater, with historic architectural features intact, by summer.
“We’ve contracted with Days Awake, a local band, to play for our opening night fund-raiser,” Dubrow said.
“We didn’t want to invest more than $100,000 until we have a certificate of occupancy,” Dubrow said.
The work includes replacing walls and ceilings, washing all 500 seats and installing new carpet, he said. Fire exits and the roof are being fixed, and the heating and air-conditioning units improved.
“This is a masonry building, so it’s in good shape,” he said.
The stage still has the proscenium arch, and the projection room still houses refurbished 35mm film projectors.
The plan is for the Baronet and Fast Lane to become venues different from what they were in the 1970s, Dubrow said.
Fast Lane was originally the warehouse for the Steinbach Co. But a half-filled bottle of Southern Comfort on the bar last week was a reminder of the days when touring bands “got their start there,” Dubrow said.
“Such outfits as the Ramones, Patti Smith and Jon Bon Jovi and Wild Hearts played there,” Dubrow said.
Fast Lane is in good structural shape, too, he said.
“But, the interior will be gutted entirely,” Dubrow said.
“We plan to make Fast Lane a night club/concert hall. (We) have a contract with Concert East to bring in the talent,” Dubrow said. “They own the Starland ballroom in Sayreville and are the No. 1 concert promoter on the East Coast.”
Fasano intends to bring a mixture of theater, film, cabaret and seminars to the Baronet.
“Our goal is to embrace the youth of this area and give them a venue to express themselves,” he said.
“Our larger goal is to create a new arts district on Fourth Avenue,” Dubrow said.
Looking around the immediate area, Fasano remarked, “This isn’t redevelopment. It’s undevelopment.
“I’m trying to prevent another Long Branch,” he said. “I’m trying to save what we have. We don’t need eminent domain here.”
“This is the last of the Walter Reade theaters, and we want to save it,” Fasano said.
The Baronet opened as a vaudeville house called the Ocean Theatre in 1913. The Walter Reade chain bought it in 1953.
In the 1960s, it was the city’s art-film house, but by the 1970s, popularity ebbed and it ceased operating by the end of the decade.
Eventually, Walter Burns and Maurice Giberson of New York bought it and tried to restore the Baronet, from 1986 to 1991, but their applications for certificates of occupancy were denied. So, they sold it to Fasano and Dubrow.
Dubrow said the city’s reasons for denying Burns and Giberson COs were “ridiculous.”
“The applicants had painted the theater red, which the city said was "a color reserved for firehouses.‘ They also had windows in the theater, and the city said they could not have windows inside. When we bought it, we cemented over the windows.”
Dubrow would not predict whether they will get a CO, but the owners claim support from several areas.
“There isn’t anyone in city hall, from the mayor on down, who has told me they do not support what we are doing,” Fasano said.
Tom Morrissey Productions, New York, is interested in forming a theater group outside of New York and bringing it to the Baronet. New York is “highly competitive and very expensive,” Morrissey said.
“We did research on abandoned theaters and came to Asbury Park several times,” he said.
Morrissey said a theater company would mean jobs for local people and more business for restaurants, shops and hotels.
“The National Endowment for the Arts says for every dollar spent to produce shows, $20 is spent in the community,” he said.
“Our next step is to get community support,” Morrissey said. “We will form a nonprofit corporation and a board of directors. We are looking for people who would like to join us either by being a board member or helping as a volunteer.”
Support also comes from Arts- CAP, a recently formed local cultural group.
Pam Lamberton, a member of the group’s board of directors, said the organization “strongly supports” what Fasano and Dubrow are doing and would be interested in putting on shows at the Baronet.
Dubrow said he has contacted Center Players, a Freehold troupe that staged a production in which his children recently had roles, and was encouraged.
“There’s a possibility Center Players could put on plays at the Baronet,” he said.
For more information or to arrange a tour of the Baronet and Fast Lane, call Dubrow at (732) 996-6843.
I am involved in trying to save the baronet theater in Asbury Park and I think it would be beneficial to attend your meeting tomorrow, please email me driving directions from NJ.
Thanks,
Dennis Dubrow
732-996-6843
ASBURY PARK WATERFRONT LANDMARK GETS A NEW LEASE ON LIFE
The Baronet Theater, on 4th Avenue in Asbury Park, NJ, one block from the boardwalk, has been given a new lease on life by two area developers hoping to make the art deco gem the centerpiece of a vibrant new downtown arts and entertainment complex.
Opened in 1913 as a vaudeville house, the Baronet was originally called the Ocean Theatre. It was bought and renovated in 1953 by Walter Reade theater chain. In the 1960s, it enjoyed a reputation as the town’s “art film†house, but by the 70s the Baronet was showing films of a somewhat shadier nature. By the end of the decade, it was pretty much out of business.
Asbury Park real estate developer Pat Fasano recently purchased the Baronet, along with the adjacent Fast Lane, a 2700-seat club and concert venue with a stellar past and, Fasano hopes, an equally promising future. The Baronet’s auditorium seats over 500, has a stage with a proscenium arch and still retains the recently refurbished 35 mm film projectors. Fasano intends to bring a mixture of theater, film and cabaret programming to the theater this summer. He has already put several hundred thousand dollars of repairs and improvements into the building, including a new roof, and refitted heating and air conditioning systems. Further improvements include new fire doors as well as improvements to the backstage area. Efforts to secure financial support for the season’s programming are already underway.
Together, Fasano hopes that the Baronet and the Fast Lane will become the anchor for a new arts and entertainment district along 4th ave to the boardwalk, helping to bring downtown Asbury Park alive again as a premiere shore destination.