Creature Feature: Snail

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Walking back from shooting the "tree island" pics, I happened upon this little guy by simply looking down at what I thought was a colorful pebble on the white stripe along the road. However, it was not. I watched it move along at the proverbial snail's pace, snapped some pics and let us both be on our way. 29 June 2007.

Island Of Trees

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I'm always intrigued by this island of trees in this clearing behind my house everytime I drive by it. How is everything around it flat while these trunks and boughs persevere? Strangely beautiful. A short walk from my home. Basking Ridge, NJ. June 2007.

Darress Theatre Alley: Marquee 1

Darress Theatre. Boonton, NJ. June 2007.
The marquee had to be removed and stored away after a truck jumped a curb backed into it on Main Street. (For other photos of this place, click the "Darress" tab below.) Torrential rain pours down behind in the alley where it sits for now (and ever?)

Rest Ye For A Spell...

Behind a family plot. Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery. June 2007.

Insley Dalglish

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Insley Dalglish. Aged 79 years. Deceased 1815.
Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery. June 2007.

Little Joe

Little Joe Dunham. Aged 5 yrs. 1860.
Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery. June 2007.

Feed The Tree

A living tree is no match for the graves of the deceased.
Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery. June 2007.

Electrified Stars

Terrace (or is it a lanai?) at my friend Steve's house... Star-spangled and Electro-wired. The evening I got my camera back (again) from Nikon. We'll see how long this repair holds... cross fingers. 27 June 2007.

Grave 1: Lie Down With The Lambs

One of a pair of graves... two children who would have been brothers. This child lived for exactly one month. Friends' Meeting House Cemetary. Randolph, NJ. June 2007.

Grave 2: Lie Down With The Lambs

This child lived for one day. He is the second of the two lamb graves. Friends' Meeting House Cemetary. Randolph, NJ. June 2007.

Overhaul This...

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My guess is that they won't be overhaulin' anything soon.
From one of many drives around the Matawan-Aberdeen area.

Casino Breezeway with Demolished Skating Palace

A cellphone picture from the boardwalk. 2 June 2007.

The main ballroom and Skating Palace has been razed and will be rebuilt as per the original Warren and Wentmore designs. Decorative elements such as bay windows and chandeliers have been extricated and stored away. To see pre-demolition pics as well as interior shots of the fascinating decay that this place was transformed by for a time, click on the "Asbury Park" tag below or keep scrolling to backtrack.

Asbury Casino Floor and Powerplant

Another phone pic... 2 June 2007.
Walking on the cement slab where the Skating Palace and Ballroom used to be. Many ruts and divots from the vines and roots and trees that grew inside (many pics on later pages) have scarred this flat surface but the original tilework from the main entrance as well as the restrooms are visible. I also collected some of the rusted ceiling beams (also visible on later pages).

Breezeway: Getting ready for a new phase...Asbury Casino

Tele-foto with telefono... (I didn't have the big cam with me)...
Reinforced Breezeway Interior at what was the back of the Skating Palace and Ballroom. The breezeway and carousel house are all that remains... mostly surrounded by heavy earth moving equipment and fences.
Asbury Casino. 2 June 2007.

RELOAD: Painted By August: Asbury Convention Hall

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Another fantastic evening with my bare feet in cooling sand and the most electric backdrop.

Convention Hall By Day

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Convention Hall At Night

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Tillie Smiles On: Asbury Park, NJ.

Though the Palace Amusements is gone, Tillie has been repainted atop the Wonder Bar.

Petrified Storefront

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Found Object: Elevator Pulleys

Cellphone picture on a noontime stroll. Large elevator pulleys... still hot and covered in grease on West 13th Street, NYC.

What's Left Of The Metropolitan: Asbury Park

A 2.5 million dollar listing. Most likely for teardown. Squatters and vermin included!

Metropolitan Hotel East Side: Asbury Park

Metropolitan West Side: Asbury Park

Asbury Lanes

Back Of The Metropolitan: Asbury Park, NJ

Baronet, Fastlane, Asbury Lanes

Madonna And Child @ The Met: NYC

Cellphone Picture. Metropolitan Museum Of Art, NYC.

Whip: Keansburg After Hours

Tilt A Whirl: Keansburg After Hours

Umbrella Sky Ride: Keansburg After Hours

Lifted: Shrine Of St. Joseph

Shrine Of St. Joseph. Stirling, NJ. A freezing cold but brilliantly sunny day.

Open Book: Shrine Of St. Joseph

A tranquil place near to home. Atop a hill, tucked away among trees. Stirling, NJ.

Green Station Chalet

Phone pic of a building that seems to be re-zoned from a station house into a home. Frenchtown, NJ.

Tori Amos Says Goodnight

Down in front for the final encores. End of the show. A cellphone pic after a wild Full Moon night at the PNC.

Nature Break: Backyard

A few steps from my back door... The promise of Springtime.

RELOAD: A Day At The County Fair...

Daredevil Sky Ride! Sussex County Fair. New Jersey. There is as good a show on the ground as there is in the sky here... Carnies with questionable dental hygiene and thrill seeking fair-goers straight outta the Jerry Springer Show. (REMEMBER: Check the tooth to tattoo ratio when making new friends at the Fairgrounds.)

Avalanche!

Sussex County Fair. Northern, NJ. Late Afternoon. Before it all goes ablaze at nightfall.

Zip! Whirr...Pow!

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It's a completely different place at night. A glowing cavalcade of delights and entertainments. The smell of funnel cakes, deep fried Oreos and Twinkies, fresh lemonade, salty pretzels the size of your head... and the windswept smell of stale beer from under the flaps of the Bud Light Tent.

Hit 500... Ping!

Starship and Ferris Wheel

Brain Scramble! Super Himalaya Ride...

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Myself and my pal Steve getting our brains scrambled on the Super Himalaya ride. Sussex County Fair, NJ.