This building marks the end of what was the Casino.  It used to house the Mad-O-Rama Pretzel dark ride, Circus fun house, Lusse bumper bars, Skee-Ball and Philadelphia Toboggan Company Carousel #87 used to spin in this beautiful piece of architecture.  The structure is amazingly ornate and is lined with spectacular glasswork worthy of a museum.  Each door used to open up, which allowed the organ music to spill out onto the street.

This is a better view of one of the windows that line the carousel building.  I am not quite sure what it is supposed to be, perhaps some mythical Greek creature from the sea.  Riding a carousel as the sun streamed through this glass and made patterns on the floor must have been a magical experience.

This photo was taken through a mail slot in one of the carousel building's doors.  Directly ahead is the where the machine used to spin and against the back wall is the where the entrance to the Casino Pier was.  The word "PALACE" can be seen stenciled onto the ceiling, but most of the painting done over the last ten years has been with graffiti.

This building was the boiler house for the Casino.  I don't know what is left of this inside, but it really piques the curiosity of an urban explorer.  It is amazing that a structure used for such a rudimentary purpose could be built with such unique architectural lines. 

The Asbury Park Convention Center is the building along the waterfront in the best shape.  According to Side-O-Lamb.Com the structure was designed by the same people that created New York city's famous Grand Central Station for the New York Central Railroad.  It features a lot of friezes and decorative ornamentation in the shape of mythical sea creatures around the upper part of the structure.

The remains of the Palace sit diagonally across the street from the Casino.  It used to contain a Ferris wheel that went through the roof, and at various times in its history an Eyerly Rock-O-Plane, a Watkins Tempest, an Anton Schwarzkopf Bayern Kurve, a Chance Twister, bumper cars and the Haunted Castle, a re-vamped Pretzel dark ride.  

It is really amazing that the Palace is still standing in its current form, no matter how decrepit it may appear.  These are two views of the building.  Using the first Palace photo as a reference the picture on the left was taken to the far left (behind the carousel building) and the second one is to the right of Tillie.  While it is a bit hard to see, there were neon lights placed into the concrete that outlined the bumper car and roller coaster paintings on the wall.  

This is towards the back of the carousel building.  The doors used to stand open while the carousel spun, which meant that the organ music intermingled with the sounds coming from the Casino's carousel building.  Here you can see a sign for "The Charcoal Pit" as well as the pieces of a sign that used to read "Fun For ALL."  The structure looks bleak and depressing today, but at one time it was the heartbeat of the area.

The signature of the Palace is Tillie and this smiling face (seen on either side of the building) has become the icon for Asbury Park.  The story is that the face modeled after the icon of Steeplechase Park (seen here).  This was the main entrance of the Palace and, like in the carousel building, the doors were raised high in the summertime so the din of pleasure rang out across the streets.  What many do not know is that the doors also allowed the park to operate almost year-round.  It was one of the few places open during the cold days when most shore parks would never dare to open.