WISHING EVERYONE A MERRY CHRISTMAS

Thanks to Paul Bogosian for leading the decorating
team. You did your Mother proud!

Bob Gessley decorates the tree in the Second floor
Lobby every year. Thanks Bob it looks great.

The Gardens Plaza Wishes You a Happy Holiday Season

      

           * Peace * Love * Happiness *

Holiday Decorations are Going Up in Downtown Ocean City

They have done the entrance to the City on 9th Street with lighted garland and wreaths. Work continues on Asbury Ave. It is going to be so amazing. 

This is an article from the Ocean City Patch with pictures.

http://oceancity.patch.com/articles/holiday-decorations-going-up-on-monday?ncid=newsltuspatc00000001#photo-12244091

City Hall

Asbury Avenue

If you are interested in a way to help those in Ocean City who need help and others...

Here is a neat article from the Ocean City Patch

Quest to Collect a Million Pennies Will Benefit Storm Relief

http://oceancity.patch.com/articles/quest-to-collect-a-million-pennies-will-benefit-storm-relief?ncid=newsltuspatc00000001#photo-12198268

It started with a couple of questions in Mikenzie Helphenstine's sixth-grade math class at Ocean City Intermediate School:

• "Have you ever wondered what 1 million of anything looks like?"
• "How long would it take to collect?"
• "How could you store it?"

It turned into a challenge: to see if the class could collect 1 million pennies and donate the proceeds to local charities. And when Hurricane Sandy struck, the charitable part of the project took on new meaning.

Charities that will benefit from the class project now include:

• Ocean City Ecumenical Council Food Cupboard
• Ocean City Education Foundation
• Long Beach Island School District

Each of the recipient charities needs resources in the aftermath of a storm that left record flooding throughout the region.

             North East Storm Athena      

                               11/7/12

The city spent the day yesterday building dunes

We are hoping for nothing more then a little minor flooding

I am posting a link to the Ocean City Patch. It is a video of the entire coast of Ocean City after the storm from 55th Street down to Longport bridge, and back around to the Bay. They have 8 videos posted from 30 seconds to 2 minutes long. You will see a photo with an arrow. Click the arrow to start the video. After it finished there is an arrow on the right on the side center of the video. Click to move to the next video. 

http://oceancity.patch.com/articles/aerial-tour-of-ocean-city-shows-major-storm-damage#video-11977558

 Even though Ocean City had very little structural damage we did have a lot of flooding. Most of this damage was not evident until shop and home owners started to return to the Island and check their properties. Many favorite restaurants like Yannis, Arlenes, and Piccini. Retail stores, Sea of Oats, The Cricket Box, Wards, Hoys, Hallmark, and many more are closed. PNC, Wells Fargo and TD are a few of the banks that remain closed as well. 

Power washing Asbury Ave.

Debris is piled up all over town. Peoples lives are on the curbs. It is so sad to see all this.

Starting at about 40th Street you start seeing mounds of sand on the sides of the road. 

The Longport Bridge is closed. The Somers Point-Longport Causeway suffered severe damage and one lane of the road is gone. To get to Atlantic City you can go out the 9th Street Bridge, go down Bay and turn right at the end as if you were coming back into OC. This will bypass the part of the road that is gone.

View towards Atlantic City

On a final note.... Clean up continues here at the building. Dave is doing a great job connecting with the right people to get it done.

The back lot still needs a few finishing touches but clear

The pool wall has been secured

Front Lot clean up

 

Mj has given me a link that shows before and after satellite photos of the Jersey Shore. Picture 13 is our building. 

http://www.abc.net.au/news/specials/hurricane-sandy-before-after-photos/

After 18 hours the back lot is clear of sand. Just a few final touches here and there. The sand has been placed on the side of  Third Street and Corinthian Ave. for City pick-up. 

                  
                       11/3/12   12:00 PM

Clearing the loading dock

Clearing the sidewalk

Looking good!

The lights used through the night

Work continues through the night on the back lot. Thank you to the residents on the Bay side of the Building. It is loud and they have large lights set up. Thank you Paulette Harnett for letting me use your apartment for pictures. 

                       11/3/12   4:30 AM

They are making great progress. 

The City is having us put the sand on the street. At this
point they have to take each load around the corner looking
for empty space to put it

In the light the sand looks like snow

Work has started on clearing the sand from the back parking lot. They are bringing lights from Philadelphia and plan to work through the night.

                      

                              11/2/12   7:30 PM

Marge Darcy took this fun picture of Tom standing on the street drain surrounded by sand on Third Street.