One of the oldest houses in Ocean Grove.  Mt. Hermon Way.   A plaque says “1873”. Paul Goldfinger photograph. 4/25/24   By  Paul Goldfinger,   Editor.  Blogfinger.net Here is a Blogfinger post about the earliest years of Ocean Grove: https://wp.me/pqmj2-lfj It is true that the earliest housing in the Grove, which was founded in 1869, were tents.  But the popularity of this religious Camp Meeting community surged quickly, and within a few years the first cottages were built. This is undoubtedly one of the earliest houses in town. As expected, most historic h ..read more

Ocean Grove, NJ. Beachfront. Paul Goldfinger photo.   2/15/24.   “You’re a Grand Old Flag.”    The Band of the Corps of Royal Engineers.   https://blogfinger.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/11-Youre-a-Grand-Old-Flag.m4a ..read more

Paul Goldfinger photo. 4/25/24. Ocean Grove, NJ, USA. Click to enlarge. Eileen stands watch.     HARRY BELAFONTE:   https://blogfinger.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/01-Land-of-the-Sea-and-Sun.m4a ..read more

  Photograph  by Paul Goldfinger. Wesley Lake as seen from the Asbury side, revealing OG.  2024.   By Igor Timkovsky:   Peace by the lake…   Tranquility of the lake. From vanity take a break. Just look at it. Treat your eye. Don’t ask yourself what and why.   Yo-Yo Ma and Friends.   “Kuai Le.”   Songs of Joy and Peace   https://blogfinger.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/19-Kuai-Le.m4a ..read more

Fairleigh Dickinson  University Jazz Band at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, sometime in the last century, on a planet far far away. Photographer unknown.  Right after this photo was taken, the whole thing collapsed, and everybody jumped into the ocean.   By Paul Goldfinger, editor and former frat boy and musician.   This is hard because many of you probably don’t know what I look like now much less back when.  But the FDU Jazz Band had been invited to a “Fun in the Sun Festival” which included a beauty pageant and a bathing suit competition. Wowee! They paid all our e ..read more

Received in my email inbox.   By Paul Goldfinger, MD, Editor, Blogfinger.net, Ocean Grove, NJ, USA.   Home of the Blogfinger Off-Shore School of Medicine in OG. Once again a document from the CMA refers to itself as “Ocean Grove.”  Look at the cover of the summer guide above.    In much smaller letters below it says,  “Camp Meeting Association” and “God’s Square Mile at the Jersey Shore.” We have complained about that mis-use of language, but what the hey! And there are other titles which make it clear that this “Summer Program Guide” is mostly but not exclusvel ..read more

Ocean Grove’s southern skyline along Fletcher Lake. Paul Goldfinger photo © 7/7/20.  What will our northern skyline look like when OGNED gets done with it?   Click to enlarge. And then there is the 16 story high rise in A. Park.   LEA SALONGA AND BRAD KANE FROM ALADDIN.  “A Whole New World”  The album is:  Julie Andrews Selects Her Favorite Disney Songs.   https://blogfinger.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/08-a-whole-new-world-from-_aladdin_-1.m4a ..read more

Paul Goldfinger photograph Sunset Lake.  December 2, 2018. Click to enlarge.   THE BLUEJAYS with “So Long Lover’s Island”  (Soundtrack Green Book)   https://blogfinger.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/03-so-long-lovers-island.m4a ..read more

The unfinished and abandoned Esperanza on Ocean Avenue in Asbury Park. Definitely the “Wrong Way.”    March 26, 2015.   Photo by Paul Goldfinger.   Click to enlarge.  Blogfinger.net.   2007:   The first iteration of 1101 Ocean Avenue failed and  was imploded.   2015: :      Above is the 1101 Ocean Avenue wreckage  in Asbury Park. Two failed projects called “Esperanza”  had occurred there  and it had stood as a marker of lost hope in A. Park.   2017,   A  third project is  announced  and t ..read more

Lincoln Center. Paul Goldfinger. 2022.   SHIRLEY BASSEY:   NY MEDLEY   https://blogfinger.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/09-new-york-new-york-medley-4.mp3 ..read more