Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Long Branch - Before the Fire


Here is a great aerial view of the pier in Long Branch before the fire.
I love the scribbling on it indicating where Max's was, the Haunted House and Kid's World.

Hope they show up in this clearer format

Very sad to see this gone.

Emil

5 comments:

  1. Lovely pic, Emil. This must have been taken before my time because I don't recognize the building and parking lot across from the Merry-go-round pavilion. I think that was a park by the time I was old enough to remember. I went to Star of the Sea(both girls and mixed) right up the street from 1967-1973.

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  2. Ah, Max's - how I miss that place! And Pistol Pete's, too!!

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  3. Ellen Sturmfels AbelApril 15, 2009 at 5:07 PM

    Special trips to Max's with my dad for hot dogs, just the two of us...Went through the Haunted House ONE time.....scared me so badly I could never go back!! Some of the "actors" cornered my best friend Marianne and would NOT let her go!!

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  4. Anyone remember the Pier Pub and Nums? All gone... I watched the driftwood for weeks afterward and wondered which stools I sat on at Big Als and the above... And the Haunted Mansion was by far the scariest of all the haunted houses on any boardwalk... I actually left with my little sister telling others as I banged on the door in to get out that she was afraid - but it was me!

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  5. Max's is now located on Ocean Blvd... a great place to go for a dog and a beer

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