APP Interviews veteran city residents for 50th Anniversary of July 1970 Uprising

In observance of the 50th anniversary of the July 1970 uprising that devastated Asbury Park’s West Side, Asbury Park Press correspondent Austin Bogues (at right in photo) visited the Crane House in January 2020 to conduct a series of video interviews with several veteran city residents, who shared their stories in a forthcoming APP series. Participating “witnesses” included (from left) journalist, actor and storyteller Lorraine Stone; AP Historical Society president Kay Harris, and APHS trustee Susan Skokos, as well as outgoing APHS president Don Stine, and longtime city-based entertainer Nicky Addeo. Follow the Asbury Park Historical Society on Facebook, in addition to the locally based organizations Springwood Avenue Rising and the Asbury Park Museum, for updates on official observances and positive community-based initiatives related to the anniversary year.

Frights, cameras, action! at the Crane House

A Friday afternoon in late January saw our historic Stephen Crane House headquarters invaded by spooky spirits of the movie-magic variety, when a crew led by producer-director Craig Singer (at center in photo) commandeered 508 Fourth Avenue as one of several Shore area locations for the forthcoming supernatural thriller entitled “6:45.” The independent filmmaker, whose earlier releases include Dark Ride and Dead Dogs Lie (both set and/or filmed in Asbury Park), “fell in love” with the circa-1878 cottage that’s previously hosted visits by the Ghost Hunters and Kindred Spirits TV shows, and made a generous donation to the Society upon wrapping production of the feature (co-produced by former boxing champ Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini), scheduled to see release in the fall of 2020.