BALLEW BIDS ADIEU TO RED BANK
Ballew Jewelers closed its doors Saturday, 124 years after opening in Red Bank. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge)
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI
Ballew Jewelers is now a Red Bank memory.
After 124 years, the downtown landmark, known as much for its ‘lollipop’ clock on the sidewalk as its cases of diamonds and Rolex watches, closed its doors Saturday, leaving a hard-to-believe void.
“It’s sad,” Kate Ballew said. “You can’t picture anything else in here.”
But something else will be, eventually, she said.