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LONG BRANCH REDEVELOPMENT

BILLION DOLLARS
IN BUILDINGS
This seaside city expects seven big-ticket Lakewood H.S.
investments to change life in Long Branch
students walk
out to protest
cuts, layoffs
ALEX N. GECAN @GEEKSTERTWEETS
AND PAYTON GUION @PAYTONGUION

LAKEWOOD - Hundreds of teenagers walked out of

their last class Friday, protesting looming program
cuts and massive teacher layoffs.
Nearly the entire student body of Lakewood High
School trudged across East Seventh Street, then down
Somerset Avenue and onto the grounds of Lakewood
Middle School, taking seats in the bleachers of a foot-
ball field.
Workers at the future Jonn Webb, a junior and one of the organizers of the
South Beach condominium walkout, said students did it to stop the board from fir-
in Long Branch. ing our teachers and ending our programs, for the bene-
DAN RADEL/ STAFF PHOTO fit of our education, the future of our district, and sim-
ply because we will not stand by and allow the board to
ruin the future of Lakewood High School.
In order to cope with a likely shortfall of $14.7 mil-
lion, the school district is facing the possibility of cut-

$1B
See LAKEWOOD , Page 5A
DAN RADEL @DANIELRADELAPP Total investment for
the seven redevel-
MORE ONLINE
LONG BRANCH - A new round of swanky redevel- opment projects
opment complete with high rises will bring nearly a near the citys beachfront. For video of the walkout, search Lakewood at APP.com.
billion dollars in investment to the beachfront com-
munity.
$2M
The high-end
Beachgoers will notice several of the sites under cost to own a
construction this summer. condo with floor-
While officials tout its economic benefits and res- to-ceiling windows, private elevators,
urrection of once-blighted neighborhoods, critics ar- decks and infinity salt water pools.
gue the high prices of ownership that some of the pro- Selling prices range between $510,000
jects will demand means the average city resident and $2 million.
will be excluded.
615
Once the redevel-
The redevelopment consists of seven projects at opment is complete,
or near the citys beachfront. Five have been greenlit, it will add 615 resi-
one is in the demolition stage and a final one is a dential units. This does not include the
month or two from getting the last approvals. Lower Broadway Corridor plans.
At the high end are luxury condos with floor-to-
ceiling windows, private elevators, decks and infin-
ity salt water pools that will sell for $1 million to $2
million. BRIAN JOHNSTON/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Two projects will bring in 209 market-rate apart- Lakewood High School students stage a walkout to protest
ments to the beachfront and across Ocean Boulevard proposed teacher layoffs.
to the citys gateway to Broadway, the historic main
street.
If driving north on Ocean Boulevard, the projects
will appear in order:

See BILLION, Page 2A

Lord, dont let me
MORE ONLINE
To see a video about construction in Long Branch, go to
APP.com and search Long Branch.
drown in feces,
homeowner says
Rendering of the exterior and interior of South Beach at
Long Branch, luxury condos being built at the beachfront. RUSS ZIMMER @RUSSZIMMER
(RIGHT) PHOTOS COURTESY OF FEM SOUTH BEACH URBAN RENEWAL
ABERDEEN - When Eloise Smart-Loadholt de-
scribes the stomach-turning scene that unfolded in her
Aberdeen basement this week, she cant help but com-
pare it to imposing bodies of water.
It was flowing out my patio door like a river, she
On this night you could have seen said of the raw sewage that backed up into her base-
ment Tuesday morning after a township sewer line
burst.
Springsteen, Little Steven for $6.50 Its coming out of the toilet looking like a feces Ni-
agara Falls, she continued. It filled up to the bathtub
and then flowed over.
JEAN MIKLE A pipe carrying raw sewage failed near Smart-Load-
JERSEY SHORE MUSIC HISTORY holts home in the Cliffwood Beach section of town. Hu-
man waste flowed back up through a toilet and bathtub
RED BANK - Ringo Starr famously in her basement.
sang that he got by with a little help For seven hours, she said, the fouled water poured
from my friends.
Forty years ago, an ailing Southside See HOMEOWNER, Page 5A
Johnny Lyon received a boost from
friends Bruce Springsteen and Little MORE ONLINE
Steven Van Zandt, who joined with Ro- Eloise Smart-Loadholt describes the raw sewerage that flooded
nette Ronnie Spector and several E the basement in video at APP.com; search sewage.
Street Band members to fill in at three memorable
shows in Red Bank.
It was ultimately not a concert by Southside John-
ny, but for him, from his friends with love, wrote As- W H E R E G O L F I S

ASBURY PARK PRESS FILE PHOTO

Miami Steve (now Little Stevie) Van Zandt (right) leads the
Miami Horns and the Asbury Jukes at the Monmouth Arts
Center, Red Bank, in May 1977.
MORE ONLINE
To see video of Little Steven Van Zandt and Bruce
Springsteen on stage at the Paramount Theatre, go to
APP.com and search Little Steven.
bury Park Press reporter Steven Lubetkin in his re-
view of the first of the three shows, which took place
on May 12, 1977, at the Monmouth Arts Center (now
the Count Basie Theatre).
Originally, Southside Johnny and the Asbury
SECOND NATURE.
Jukes were scheduled to play two shows a night at
7:30 and 11 p.m. with tickets priced at $6.50 each.
The Jukes were promoting their second album,
This Time Its For Real. Released a month before,
the album was produced by Van Zandt, who also
See NIGHT, Page 5A

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