Ryan Janek Wolowski
Asbury Park NJ
July 19, 2008
The Casino Carousel House was designed by Whitney Warren (one of the men who designed NYC's Grand Central Station), and it used to house the Phila...
Ryan Janek Wolowski
Asbury Park NJ July 19, 2008
The Casino Carousel House was designed by Whitney Warren (one of the men who designed NYC's Grand Central Station), and it used to house the Philadelphia Toboggan Company Carousel #87, which was installed around 1923. Parts of the carousel can now be found at Family Kingdom Park in Myrtle Beach, SC. (The horses in SC are not the originals). Closing day for the carousel in Asbury Park was back in 1990 and in 2008 the space still remains empty.
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Rather unfortunately, the horses are being sold on Ebay (so I am told) one by one at prices which would make it prohibitive to ever to put the original carousel back together. The good news is that the building has been structurally stabilized and will be completely renovated in the not too distant future. The future use long term use of the building has not yet been determined, but in the interim, expect to see it put to use for a number of temporary venues. Hair was a cool start!
the area is going to be used to present the musical HAIR this summer. As far as the carousel and casino area-i believe they are going to restore the entire area- which will take some years.
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