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Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. is the debut studio album by the American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen.It was produced from June through October 1972 by Mike Appel and Jim Cretecos at the budget-priced 914 Sound Studios.
Asbury Park, New Jersey incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 26, 1874, from portions of Ocean Township. The borough was reincorporated on February 28, 1893. Asbury Park was incorporated as a city, its current type of government, as of March 25, 1897. The city has seen various changes in its form of government.
In 1970, shortly after the Club opened, riots tore through Asbury Park, damaging the musically rich Springwood Avenue area, and drug use increased. According to Don Stine, president of the Asbury Park Historical Society, there was an integration of races, cultures, and musical styles at the Upstage. [6]
The Asbury Historic District is a 288-acre (117 ha) historic district encompassing the community of Asbury in Franklin Township of Warren County, New Jersey.It is bounded by County Route 632 (Asbury Anderson Road), County Route 643 (Old Main Street), Maple Avenue, Kitchen Road, and School Street and extends along the Musconetcong River into Bethlehem Township of Hunterdon County.
Jon Bon Jovi is shown with Valerie Powell (left to right), Meryl Hayton and Kristin O'Meara May 6 on the Asbury Park boardwalk. A small crowd of 10 to 12 people were watching, O'Meara said.
When Asbury Park declined in the 1980s, all of the other gay clubs in the city closed or were razed. However, Down the Street managed to stay open, and when it closed in 1999 it was the oldest and longest-operating gay disco in New Jersey's history. Hitchcock moved to Florida with his partner and opened a bar called The Cubby Hole.
Tillie is the nickname of two murals of a grinning figure that were painted on the side of the Palace Amusements building in Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States. Tillie is an amusement park "fun face", painted during the winter of 1955–1956.
Asbury Park Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district headquartered in Asbury Park, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, serving children in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade. [3] The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court ...