How Asbury Park, New Jersey reclaimed its musical heart
In December 2000,stood onstage at the Convention Hall in Asbury Park, New Jersey, and debuted “My City of Ruins.” It was an elegy for his adopted hometown, where he learned to perform by playing nightly near the oceanfront boardwalk and saw acts like the Who and Janis Joplin as a teenager. But in the decades following the city’s race riots of 1970, Asbury Park had become a shell of itself due to neglect and political corruption. “Young men on the corner like scattered leaves,” Springsteen sang.
Two decades later, Asbury Park has staged an incredible comeback, reclaiming its longstanding status as a go-to resort town with a musical heart. Joining classic Springsteen haunts like the Stone Pony and Wonder Bar are a host of sleek new spaces like
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