Former Sections of the Township of Ocean

Asbury Park Former Sections - Part 2

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FORMER SECTIONS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF OCEAN

Former Sections of the Township of Ocean - Asbury Park - Part II - Asbury Park Casino

Asbury Park was originally 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.

Another landmark of the Asbury Park oceanfront is the Casino.  The site originally contained the Bradley Pavilion.  The original Casino building was erected in the winter of 1903-1904 to replace the Bradley Pavilion structure. It was destroyed in a fire in January of 1928.

The Casino that stands today is only a portion of that which was constructed in 1929 to replace the original wooden frame Casino. Like its contemporary, the Convention Hall, the Casino was designed by prominent New York architects Warren and Wetmore, who designed New York's Grand Central Terminal.

In the 1980s, an improperly installed roof and storms contributed to damage that forced the closure of the skating rink portion of the Casino.  Through the 1990s, the front portion of the building that once housed the carousel was used as a flea market, and later, as a skate park.  By 2001, the entire building was vacant.

In the 2000s, the Casino suffered the same demolition by neglect which was one of the factors in the destruction of Palace Amusements. No effort was made to shore up or repair the increasingly damaged roof over the rear portion of the building, and it was eventually torn down in 2006.