Skip to content

A town square for an unsquare town

redbankgreen

Standing for the vitality of Red Bank, its community, and the fun we have together.

RED BANK: DEMOLITION DAY

whatsgoingonhere-8410917red-bank-96-98-west-front-101920-1-500x333-4458442Monday was demolition day in Red Bank, it seemed, as heavy equipment tore down old structures at two building sites. (Reader photo. Click to enlarge.)

What’s Going On Here? Read on.

red-bank-38-42-west-street-101920-500x332-2393122A crew from Catco Demolition Services demolishing the former prop shop at the Two River Theater, seen in the background. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

• At the northeast corner of West Front Street and Maple Avenue, a crew tore down the first of two buildings slated for removal, as seen in the reader photo at top, taken from Riverview Towers.

The site is approved for a four-story, 26,000-square-foot building with ground-floor commercial space, eight luxury apartments and underground parking for tenants.

Developer Mark Forman obtained planning board authorization for the project, then called Rivermark, in July, 2018. He later sold the site and approvals to an entity called 96-98 West Front Street LLC for $1.8 million, according to a deed filed with Monmouth County.

First to be demolished was 96 West Front, a former dentist’s office next door to the Red Bank Public Library. A commercial building on the corner is also slated for removal.

• Over at 38-42 West Street, a crew from Catco Demolition Services took down the former Chavant Inc. building.

Home to the modeling clay company from the 1960s, the building and a house next door were acquired by the Two River Theater in 2004.

The theater used the one-story structure to build stage sets and props. But theater officials said the space was inadequate, with a ceiling height of just 12 feet, whereas many set pieces need to be 25 feet tall. A theater executive also described the difficulty of moving completed pieces to the theater itself, a process that was weather-dependent.

Under the plan approved by the zoning board in 2017, the theater recently completed construction of a 36,000-square-foot addition to house backstage facilities for rehearsal, costume-making and scenery building in a structure that’s 50 feet tall.

The Chavant building and house were to be removed and replaced by parking, under the plan.

Chavant is now based in Wall Township.

Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
redbankgreen Classics
Partyline
SIDEWALK GOES FROM WORST TO FIRST
P (photo by Brian Donohue) What had been, in our estimation – and apparently in the eyes of the several people who have emailed and te ...
RED BANK: PEERING FROM ON HIGH, ACROSS THE DECADES
Roofers on the Azalea Red Bank top off the project in the shadow of a sculpture depicting another generation of construction workers who toi ...
BRICK FACELIFT CONTINUES ON MONMOUTH STREET
A million-dollar brick sidwalk makeover of Monmouth Street in Red Bank continues.
JAY AND SILENT EAGLE
A very loud blue jay squawks at an indiferent bald eagle in a treetop alongside the Swimming River in Red Bank this week. (Partyline photo b ...
PIZZA LOVING SQUIRREL SPOTTED IN RED BANK
Pizza squirrel spotted in Red Bank. (click to read)
GET YOUR MA SOMETHIN’ NICE AT THE RED BANK FARMERS MARKET
It’s a beautiful and sunny Mother’s Day for the first instance of the farmer’s market, held every Sunday, beginning in May ...
SIGN? WHAT SIGN?
Folks in Red Bank Wednesday exercising their riparian rights to access tidal waters first encoded into Roman law in 500 AD and later adopted ...
FANTASTIC MR. FOX
Partyline contributor captures photo of backyard fox.
STRIPER RUN AT MARINE PARK
An angler pulls in a striped bass from the Marine Park bulkhead Tuesday evening. (photo by Partyline contributor Boris Kofman)  
COLD AS CANADA? CHECK.
A pair of goose sculptures propped atop an air conditioning unit on River Street in Red Bank.
SUNRISE OVER A GLASSY NAVESINK
Sunrise over the Navesink River, seen from NJ Transit Train 3320. (photo by Partyline contributor Karly Swaim)  
A BLAST FROM THE PAST
NJ Transit "heritage" locomotive makes an appearance at the Red Bank station.
RBFD SNUFFS OUT SMALL APARTMENT FIRE
A small fire that started in a light fixture at the Colony House apartments in Red Bank was quickly put out by members of the Red Band Volun ...
HEAVENLY RED BANK
Rays burst from behind clouds at the sun begins to set over the Navesink River. (photo by Partyline contributor Thomas Doremus)
IN THE FLOW STATE AT RIVESIDE GARDENS
Flow artists in Riverside Gardens Park Friday night. ( photo by Partyline Contributor Karly Swaim)
MAILBOXES HEAD TO HISTORY’S SCRAP HEAP
Sign of the digital age: mailboxes hauled away from Red Bank post office to storage.
HOVERING CHOPPER
What’s going on here? Last Sunday. Hovering around for quite a while. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Rosaleen Perry)   ...
RBMS HOOPS CHAMPS HONORED
The Red Bank Middle School girls basketball team is honored for their championship season. (click for more)
NAVESINK SUNSET
Sunset sunburst over Riverside Gardens Park (photo by Partyline contributor Thomas Doremus)
RIVERSIDE SUNSET
Sunday’s sunset shot from Riverside Gardens Park. (Photo by Partyline contributor Thomas Doremus) —