4th of July, Asbury Park
4th of July, Asbury Park

Author: Daniel Wolff

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2006-06-27

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 159691114X

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A colorful history of Asbury Park, New Jersey, provides a chronicle of the evolution of the seaside resort town from its founding as a religious commune through 130 years of social, cultural, and musical development, offering tidbits of local history, profiles of the celebrities who passed through, its decline into blight, and the potential for its future. Reprint.

Fourth of July, Asbury Park
Fourth of July, Asbury Park

Author: Daniel Wolff

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Published: 2021-11-24

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1978820402

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This revised and expanded edition of Daniel Wolff's classic study of Asbury Park, New Jersey tells the tale of the city's first 150 years, guiding us through the development of its lavish amusement parks and bandstands, the decay of its working-class neighborhoods, the spread of its racially-segregated ghettos, and the effects of recent gentrification.