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819-821 Boardwalk 1982-1985 |
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We are looking for photos of Froggies on the Boardwalk 1982 - 1985 or
the operations before that - Barbara Jeans and the Wafffle House and Ed
Padness and Howard Heiss to 1981.. Email
us.
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The Deposit.
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Before the boardwalk was sold the City of Asbury
Park owned the boardwalk and buildings. To obtain a lease, you had
to submit a sealed bid. My mother, for some reason, had a copy of
this receipt. As you can see, our total bid was for
$13,001.00. I think we had around a 5% advertising fee and other
charges as well. We were young. Included in our our bid was
$1801.00 in cash. It's on the receipt. I recall Frank Forientino
asking "...is that more then we get now..well then OK" .
Lucky us. Things were fun then. 1981.
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The Receipt
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Grandma Jean
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Grandma Jean first lived on 2nd Ave, then Asbury
Towers after she moved out of our house. She ran the Hadassah
Thrift shop. She also told me "you're just like your
grandfather...if he had a dime left in his pocket, he'd figure out
how to spend it..". I wish I had the opportunity to meet him.
Sounded like he was a fun guy. That's where the advertising side
comes from. Here she is, checking up on her investment.
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That was the opening. Now the story of business
"failure". That's our friend Greg Marcinkiewicz and Mike
Dombowicki helping pack up. Below, my partner Kevin Devine.
She Kevin
back in 1969 on the boardwalk. We had fun.
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Go to page two
of the 1985 closing party.
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See more and Read more stories about the
Asbury Park Hurricane of 1944.
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