ASBURY PARK, N.J. — This is a city that music put on the map. Bruce Springsteen called it home, elevating a cramped rock club called the Stone Pony to legendary status and attracting national attention to a thriving local music scene.
And when Asbury Park fell on hard times, a steep decline that began in the 1980s and continued for years, music proved the heartbeat that sustained it. Now, multimillion-dollar condos, luxury hotels, trendy restaurants and several craft breweries have burnished Asbury Park's image as one of the coolest shore towns in the country.
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