{"id":3180,"date":"2016-11-03T02:32:18","date_gmt":"2016-11-03T06:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/?p=3180"},"modified":"2016-11-03T02:32:18","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T06:32:18","slug":"construction-begins-on-seaside-heights-boardwalk-properties-destroyed-in-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2016\/11\/construction-begins-on-seaside-heights-boardwalk-properties-destroyed-in-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction Begins on Seaside Heights Boardwalk Properties Destroyed in Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Construction on the Belle-Freeman property begins in Seaside Heights, N.J, Nov. 2, 2016. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n

Construction crews installing new pilings and building the beginnings of what will be the restoration of numerous boardwalk properties in Seaside Heights \u2013 heavily damaged in Sandy, then fully destroyed in the 2013 boardwalk fire \u2013 began this week.<\/p>\n

The construction effort at the beachfront near Dupont Avenue \u2013 across the boardwalk\u00a0from the Beachcomber Bar and Grill \u2013 drew a crowd of onlookers Wednesday, many snapping photos while enjoying unseasonably warm weather. The construction crews were using an excavator and pile driver to drive pilings into the sand and begin construction what will become the surface of attractions on the ocean side of the boardwalk, in the area that was once located between the Beach Bar pier to the north, and Funtown Pier to the south.<\/p>\n

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Construction on the Belle-Freeman property begins in Seaside Heights, N.J, Nov. 2, 2016. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Construction on the Belle-Freeman property begins in Seaside Heights, N.J, Nov. 2, 2016. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n

The property is known as the Belle-Freeman plot, which consisted of retail, food and games constructed on a deck-style pier over the sand. Earlier this year, the owner of the property, local attorney Kim Pascarella,\u00a0won\u00a0planning board approval<\/a> to rebuild the boardwalk and entrance areas.<\/p>\n

Borough Administrator Christopher Vaz said construction on the pilings and decking are occurring now because they must be completed before the planned federal beach replenishment project begins. It is not yet known what, exactly, will be developed on the pier when it is completed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m told they have a site plan ready to go for the planning to build the structures,\u201d said Vaz. \u201cThey\u2019re ready to build on both sides, basically what was there before\u00a0\u2013\u00a0buildings for retail and different things. I\u2019m really excited about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Construction on the Belle-Freeman property begins in Seaside Heights, N.J, Nov. 2, 2016. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n

The reconstruction of the property will mark an important step toward reviving the southern end of the boardwalk, which was destroyed in the Sept. 2013 fire.<\/p>\n

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Construction crews installing new pilings and building the beginnings of what will be the restoration of numerous boardwalk properties in Seaside Heights \u2013 heavily damaged in Sandy, then fully destroyed in the 2013 boardwalk fire \u2013 began this week. The construction effort at the beachfront near Dupont Avenue \u2013 across the boardwalk\u00a0from the Beachcomber Bar […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[18,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-seaside-heights"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_6002.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgsn9q-Pi","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}