4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)", often known just as "Sandy", is a 1973 song by Bruce Springsteen, originally appearing as the second song on his album "The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle". It was released as a single from the album in Germany. One of the best-known and most praised of his early efforts, the song remains one of his most popular ballads, and has been described as "the perfect musical study of the Jersey Shore boardwalk culture." Set on, as the title suggests, the Fourth of July in Asbury
Metropolitan Hotel (Asbury Park) Metropolitan Hotel (Asbury Park) The Metropolitan Hotel was a 180-room historic structure located at 309 Asbury Avenue in Asbury Park, New Jersey and was one of the last large hotels operating in Asbury Park before it closed in 1989. In September 2007, it was announced that the Metropolitan Hotel had deteriorated to a point in which restoration or rehabilitation was no longer a possibility. The hotel was demolished in early March 2008. The most recent structure was not the original, although a hotel had operated on the site under this name since the 1880s. The main structure was a Spanish