Greetings From Asbury Park!

I suspect most of you of a certain age will immediately recognize the title of this post as the title of a Bruce Springsteen album. This shot is a current picture of the Stone Pony, the club where Springsteen, with the E-Street Band, was the house band in the mid-1970's.
Here's a shot of the front of the awning.
The great old hotel in Asbury Park, NJ is the Berkeley-Carteret. It underwent a major overhaul about 20 years ago.
Convention Hall is another of Asbury Park's great old buildings. When the Morro Castle (a ship) burned in the 1930's, its burned out hulk washed ashore behind Convention Hall. What is popularly called Convention Hall is actually two buildings, the Walter Reade Paramount Theater on the landward side, and Convention Hall on piers above the beach. They're connected by a covered section of Asbury Park's famous boardwalk.
James Bradley was the founder of Asbury Park. His statue stands in the square between the Berkeley-Carteret and Convention Hall.





This Howard Johnson's, in a space age style, stands just south of Convention Hall.

Any of you who are interested in more serious popular history of this area should check out Helen Chantal Pike's website.