Palace Amusements
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To give
you a little background, Palace Amusements is in Asbury Park, a town best known
as the place Bruce Springsteen got his start. Formerly one of the premier
vacation locations on the Eastern seaboard, Asbury Park has fallen on 30 years
of hard times due in large part to a lot of political bullshit that I won't get
into here.
Although there has been progress (if you can call it that) in recent weeks in
the form of buildings been torn down, there are still many abandoned hotels and
nightclubs standing, as well as a very weathered seaside ice skating rink.
Unfortunately, the most interesting of the buildings, Palace Amusements, has
been partially torn down. I was lucky enough to get the following photos about
15 years after The Palace closed its doors to the public. I've never heard
stories of this place being haunted, but it was interesting nonetheless. Please
excuse the quality of the photos, my scanner sucks.
An interior sign in pretty good shape (later partially stolen by vandals)
Where people would enter the Ferris Wheel

The "Haunted Castle", a tunnel-of-love type dark ride

The "Orient Express", another dark ride

The Funhouse in the background

More views of the funhouse




Prizes litter the ground in the back office

Employee records left behind

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