More than 200 residential units and a four-story parking garage are being considered for construction at Cookman and Kingsley avenues, just west of the Empress Hotel. Asbury Partners LLC has asked the City Council to refer two new proposals to the municipal Planning Board. [MORE]
Stevie Nicks and Green Day will headline the 2022 edition of the Sea.Hear.Now festival on the Asbury Park oceanfront. The legendary Fleetwood Mac vocalist will close the show on Sat., Sept. 17. The five-time Grammy award winning pop punk band will top the bill on Sun., Sept. 18. Organizers have not yet announced what, if any, personal medical information will be required of persons attending the event, which also features art and surf exhibitions. [MORE]
Fodor's Travel says Asbury Park is one of just 49 places -- and one of nine in the northeast -- on its 2022 "GO List" of destinations. The iconic travel reviewer cites our city's "unparalleled Jersey Shore energy thanks to its robust musical background and quirky events." [MORE]
The massive Tillie mural that adorned the north wall of Palace Amusements made a brief public appearance in the fall as developers removed Tillie and two companion wall murals from their storage sheds near the waterfront. The artifacts have been moved to a walled-in area next to Convention Hall, where they now sit, covered by tarps. The city reportedly asked that the icons be moved to enable a work project on municipal property. [MORE]
Oceanfront developer iStar is proposing 206 residential units and street-level retail on a 112,000-square-foot property directly west of the Asbury Ocean Club. The project is being reviewed by the Asbury Park Planning Board. [MORE]
One of the more prominent multi-family housing builders in the Garden State is looking to expand its footprint with a new project just a few blocks from the ocean. [MORE]