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Post by FlyinGN on Sept 20, 2006 6:16:19 GMT -5
I agree.. I would love to see them replicate the old Skua pirate ship the way they replicated the Surfside. To me, it really doesn't matter if it's new matterials...at least it's the old design.
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Post by thelastresort on Sept 20, 2006 7:32:27 GMT -5
I agree with having the design back, that is a good thing. If we resurrected Hunt's Pier, it would all be new but have the same charm. I just think it is disappointing that more of the original could not have been preserved initially.
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Post by JerseyDigger29 on Sept 20, 2006 8:05:24 GMT -5
Hey, guys. Since I was the first one that brought up the topic of the Surfside looking smaller than the original, and the new beams, I thought I'd add another aspect to the new design question. First, I also agree that an approximate replica is better than no Surfside at all, and I'm happy with what is there so far. I am not an engineer or builder. In fact, I only took shop class for one year, so I know next to nothing about construction techniques. But I noticed a couple days ago that they are putting down what appears to be corrugated tin sheeting over the beams. If I'm not mistaken, the original Surfside consisted of what looked like a stone, or pebble roof. If I'm wrong, forgive me, I'll have to look back at the original picture. But could a builder or engineer out there tell me: I fthey are putting tin on the roof, how are they going to recreate the stone roof? Is this possible? Thom
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Post by FlyinGN on Sept 20, 2006 11:56:11 GMT -5
Thom, they can build the stone over the metal roof. Roofs are usually decked with wood, metal or concrete and then the actual roof you see is put over. The original may prolly wood.. Metal will last longer and be more waterproof over time. ..
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Post by JerseyDigger29 on Sept 20, 2006 14:23:46 GMT -5
Thom, they can build the stone over the metal roof. Roofs are usually decked with wood, metal or concrete and then the actual roof you see is put over. The original may prolly wood.. Metal will last longer and be more waterproof over time. .. Thanks, Flynn - I wasn't sure if the metal was just an underliner or something on top of which they add traditional material. I didn't think that metal, or tin, roofs were used a lot in that era, except for maybe Quonset huts or the like. Thanks again - Thom
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Post by Rob Ascough on Sept 20, 2006 15:20:31 GMT -5
Lookin' good. I can't wait to see how this takes shape over the winter!
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Post by thelastresort on Sept 20, 2006 15:46:50 GMT -5
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Post by mickeyfinz on Sept 20, 2006 15:54:10 GMT -5
Hey, that picture looks like the old Fairview from when I used to go! We used to do a mean minaret. ;D
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Post by wildre on Sept 21, 2006 6:32:54 GMT -5
From Today's AC Press. According to the guy who should know, the roof and steel beams are original. Hopefully, if true, this should make thelastresort feel much better. "Lou Ferrara, development director, noted that the steel, erected when Michael John was a boy, looks brand new after being stripped and recoated and brought up to today's building standards.The original roof also hails from the restaurant's heyday."Staying on top of doo-wop By TRUDI GILFILLIAN Staff Writer, (609) 463-6716 Published: Thursday, September 21, 2006 WILDWOOD — Plates stacked with challah bread French toast and Belgian waffles were staples of the Surfside Restaurant. The two dishes were popular at the seashore eatery that served breakfast, lunch and dinner to generations of Five Mile Beach visitors. “It was busy back then,” Michael John said as he remembered the restaurant that had been a part of his family life since it opened in 1963 when he was 9 years old. His father, Tomi John, was part of the group that owned the restaurant and later, in 1994, the father and son bought it outright. “My father was there from 5, 5:30 in the morning. He went home for a nap in the afternoon and then went back till 10 p.m.,” said John, now 52. The hours his family spent under its roof make the resurrection of the Surfside that much more important. He sold the restaurant in 2001, and at the time there was talk it would be lost to the wrecking ball. But the Doo Wop Preservation League, eager to save the building and its unusual pin-wheel shaped roof, found the financial support it needed to save portions of the building in the hope of bringing it back to life. www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/capemay/story/6769449p-6637927c.html
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Post by thelastresort on Sept 21, 2006 6:58:01 GMT -5
I'm impressed, thanks. ok, agreed, it's a restoration!! (not a "replica")
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Post by Rob Ascough on Sept 28, 2006 9:23:50 GMT -5
Maybe the facts got confused right from the start? It's entirely plausible. Someone might have said the roof beams were being refurbished and someone else interpreted it as remanufactured? If that's the case, that's the story people ran with and it's awfully hard to reverse that kind of thinking once it's been spread around so much.
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