Everywhere: Places: Funtown Pier

The Boardwalk by Caitlin Stewart

This is Funtown Pier at the south end of the boardwalk in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. Many wonderful moments by many families have been spent here.

The Funtown Pier remains a great summer spot for the whole family on the Jersey Shore in Seaside Heights, New Jersey.

29 April 2008
From:
Caitlin Stewart

The Jersey Shore is where I grew up. The Jersey Shore is where I spent most of my days. The Jersey Shore is where I live. The Jersey Shore is where I'll always be.
5 April 2008
From:
Michael Ast

It was one of those lonely days, half way through another work week away from my wife and baby daughter. I sidetracked to the shore for some solace before traveling north to New York, where another hotel awaited me. The beach at Seaside Heights was practically desolate. A few people roamed the boardwalk of closed shops, roped off piers in anticipation of the whats to come. In just a few weeks it would be Memorial Day, the beginning for the season of the shore. Like others, I often think of the Jersey Shore as a crowded, cheesey, weekend summer getaway, a place where you have to pay to lay on the sand. On this day it was quite the contrary, the Jersey Shore was, dare I say, a sanctuary. I felt a kinship with the lone surfer staring out into the Atlantic with languid posture, a bit hopeless trying to find just one wave of excitement. Ahhh, the Jersey Shore and the swishing hiss of the Atlantic on that wednesday before dusk . . . I was recharged, drumming on my dashboard to the radio later, heading north.