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Pier Village is a Victorian-inspired mixed-use community located in Long Branch, New Jersey along the Atlantic Ocean. It opened in 2005. ==History== The land that Pier Village now sits on was originally that of the Long Branch Pier and the Kid's World amusement park. On June 8, 1987, at around 3 PM, a fire broke out underneath the boardwalk in an electrical and gas box at the end of the pier. The fire quickly spread throughout the pier despite efforts by the Long Branch Fire Department to save it. After the fire only the water attractions across the street from the pier remained. In the following weeks business had slowed down so the remaining portion of Kid's World closed down permanently at the end of the summer. The owner, Pat Cicalese, planned on rebuilding the pier. However, his insurance did not cover the cost to rebuild what was destroyed and the town would not fund the project so the plans were abandoned. What was left of Kid's World remained abandoned for 17 years after the fire. Remains of the pier were demolished in the late 1990s. The rest of Kid's World across the street met the wrecking ball in 2002. Applied Development Company, a Hoboken, NJ-based developer led by brothers David Barry and Michael Barry, was designated the developer of the site by the City of Long Branch and soon began construction of Pier Village, starting with the rebuilding of the boardwalk. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pier Village」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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