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This Is The (Oddly Familiar) Rubble That Remains of the Surf Club in Ortley Beach

This week, Toms River officials said crews demolishing the former Joey Harrison’s Surf Club property got a bit more than they bargained for when knocking down the iconic Shore nightspot.

Several tons of concrete that was left over from a previous portion of the club that was destroyed during the 1992 ‘Christmas Storm’ and then largely forgotten about, were exposed. Initially, the find was made by ground-penetrating radar, then confirmed by heavy equipment operators.

Here’s what’s left of this relic of decades not-quite-so past, and perhaps a final view of the terminal vestiges of a place where so many great memories were made.



And here are a few more memories of times passed by:



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