Posted June 19, 201014 yr a tour of nj's version of lakeside, ohio! ocean grove, nj (density=11,956sq.mi.; 0.5/sq mi., full-time resident pop=4,256; est. summer=8k) started as a methodist camp meeting town in 1869 and still very much is one, although it was briefly a borough 1920-21. after a newspaper carrier(!) sued the camp association in 1981 the camptown “local ordinance” government was disbanded and the little summer resort fully reverted back to neptune township. it remains an unincorporated community. In 1975, Ocean Grove was designated a State and National Historic District as a 19th century planned urban community. It has the greatest extent of Victorian and early-20th century architecture in the United States. because it was a haven for the olds o.g. used to be called “ocean grave” in the 60’s-70’s by the youngs, but today its mostly families. no alcohol sold & no swimming on sunday mornings until 12:30pm! http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/24/realestate/24livi.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Grove,_New_Jersey http://www.pruzack.com/getagent/Pages.php?Page=0000495828 http://www.oceangrove.org/pages/faq http://www.oceangrovenj.com/tour/tour1.htm the north end hotel, 255 rooms & a saltwater pool, was ocean grove’s largest hotel (damaged by fire in 1970, torn down in 1980) the great auditorium (1894), as seen from asbury park, towers over ocean grove trivia -- woody allen gave it the giant glowing cross after filming ‘stardust memories’ there carousel house, power station & casino walkway ocean grove side of the asbury park casino walkway power station & casino beachy stuff building :mrgreen: northside of the o.g. sidestreets great auditorium http://www.oceangrovenj.com/auditorium.htm inside the great auditorium the ocean grove great auditorium in 2007; originally held 10k, now 6k along founders park o.g. has 114 historic tent summer homes, the wait is 10+yrs to rent one for the summer the awesome days ice cream building fire station nagles apothecary (1880’s) inside nagles a main st gingerbread house main st rehab main st coffee shop has a big tribe fan owner ticking off yankeedom hoo ha! :laugh: yvonnes main st main st hardware “ain’t got no time for the corner boys down on the street makin all that noise…” oceanside ocean pathway, one of america’s ‘ten most beautiful streets’ gingerbread up close! :-o very dense town for an ocean resort 3/13/10 fire -- 140yr old manchester inn + 4 victorian homes lost! :cry: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/03/fire_in_neptune_spreads_throug.html http://www.themanchesterinn.com/ beach finally, the boardwalk looking north towards asbury park *** ocean grove is quite a world away from gritty asbury park & everything else! ***
June 19, 201014 yr Well done! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 20, 201014 yr Great pictures! I spent my summers growing up at the Jersey shore...Long Beach Island to be exact... but didn't ever go up here.
June 20, 201014 yr Quite lovely. I would have loved to have seen it in its original incarnation, with the now-fenced-off buildings still functioning. I was born twenty years too late; when I was a little kid, many places like this still existed but already were going into decline. The Sunday activity restrictions remind me of Winona Lake, about 50 miles west of Fort Wayne off US 30. It was home turf for evangelist Billy Sunday back in the day, and my mom's aunt used to take her to hear in an actual revival tent with a sawdust floor. The town is still home to Grace College; thirty years ago, alcohol, tobacco, and dancing were banned there and the tennis courts and beaches were closed on Sundays. The long-time residents frowned on anyone traveling on Sunday other than to worship services and back. I don't know what the status is now on all that. Just about ten miles north of there is Webster Lake, mainly a Methodist camp back in that era.
June 20, 201014 yr Man I just love all these New Jersey Ocean towns! The gingerbread houses are just amazing...
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