Museum/Amphitheatre Structure

[writhinganacondo]

While all of you are babbling about Philly area landmarks or wasting time insulting one another the city of Wildwood has bonded the funds for beginning the building of the proposed museum/amphitheatre complex and awarded a bid (to someone out of town). An article on this should have been in the paper taking precedent over the proposal to CAFRA for "motel incentives", which is a chump excuse for "preservation".

[wildre]

Any idea when construction will begin or has it?

[skuakid]

Where is this supposed to be built?

[wildre]

skuakid said:

Where is this supposed to be built?

Fox Park, across from the Convention Center.

Here's an article from the 1/26/06 AC Press

The commission introduced the bond ordinance that would provide additional money for construction of a doo-wop museum and amphitheater across from the Wildwoods Convention Center.
The museum and amphitheater would be housed under the roof of the old SurfSide Restaurant, which was taken apart and stored in a warehouse in 2002.

Development director Lou Ferrara said the concrete-and-steel frame of the former restaurant would be reassembled. The museum, which would make up about 20 percent of the project, would house doo-wop memorabilia.
The remainder of the building will be part of an open-air band shell for concerts and other events. A neon garden of old doo-wop signs is also planned outside the museum.

Ferrara said the amphitheater is being funded with the $500,000 bond, $168,000 from the New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority, $400,000 from the Byrne Fund, and a $200,000 loan from the state Green Acres program.
Bids for that project have already been received and work is likely to begin in the next few weeks.

So there should be some building going on by now? Anyone recall seeing any activity at Fox Park?

[Al Alven]

It's good to hear that there has been some movement on this.

I did not notice any kind of construction going on when I was down last week, but I wonder if anything has started since then.

There is lots of activity over at the former Rio Motel site nearby, however, where construction is set to get underway on the Nouveau Wave Hotel.

So, plenty should be going on in this area soon.

[MMM]

I have a feeling this won't be ready until the 2007 season...