facades and power lines

This is the same building that was scheduled for demolition in 2004.

peeling 2

A sign above this door reads,

"NOTICE
is hereby given of an application
for DEMOLITION of this BUILDING.
Final action is to be taken by the
Neptune Township Historic
Preservation Commission on
July 27, 2004. Persons interested
in the acquisition and preservation
of this building should contact
Rose Havey at 732.555.1234 x.247"

(That's not really the phone number.)

old neptune high school

I have featured this building in an older post, but it was dark, and you only see the side in that one. So here is the Jersey Shore Arts Center (which used to be the Neptune High School, as you can see) in Ocean Grove/Asbury Park.

Here's what I wrote about it last June, 'cos I'm sure you've forgotten it by now:

This is the Jersey Shore Arts Center, located in what you'd THINK would be Asbury Park, right outside Ocean Grove's main gate... but is apparently Ocean Grove's territory. It used to be the old Neptune high school, and it was hailed at the 1906 World's Fair as "an architectural splendor," but it died, as neglected buildings often do. In 1997, the Ocean Grove Historic Preservation Society began turning it into "a beautiful home for the cultural arts at the New Jersey shore."