More Than A Beach Town:
The Commercial Rise of Asbury Park
Located at the lobby of the Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel
Viewable 7 days a week, 24 hours a day
The exhibition highlights Asbury Park’s iconic commercial buildings and businesses established between 1871 and the 1940s, presented in two parts.
Part 1 runs from June 18th through December 2025.
Part 2 will run from January through June 2026.
The Asbury Park Commercial Historic District (ID #3993 on the National Historic Registry), is recognized as well as many of the buildings and businesses located on the streets that branched off Main Street and Cookman Avenue. Early businesses along the Springwood Avenue corridor are also showcased.
Visitors will learn about the early businesses that helped to sustain a thriving year-round community – a destination business district that included several department stores, five & dimes, apparel stores and specialty shops. Also highlighted are notable early commerce and manufacturing enterprises.