Daily News | Cape May’s new “Victorian” promenade arches: What to love, what not to love
The Cape May promenade has new arches that were supposed to be retro, but they're made of vinyl. and that's only the start of everyone's opinions of them.CAPE MAY, N.J. — The City of Cape May’s cause was noble. “They tried,” said one woman walking along the promenade under the patriotically-draped new arches the other day. She didn’t want to give her name.
Cape May has long been lauded for its allegiance to its Victorian past, but this attempt at recreating a historic legacy that may have been done in by a hurricane was far from universally hailed.Facebook has been brutal, but people are coming around. Mayor Zack Mullock says people love them now. The judging and complaints started when the arches were just square metal beams, he points out. Now look at them.
“I think it brings back the old,” said Eric Christiansen, 65, a public works employee who works as a beach tag checker during the summer and who walks the arches every day. “They were a part of history.”😠: AZEK anyone? Ok, I get it, the popular synthetic material designed to mimic wood is much easier to maintain, makes sense near the beach, everyone’s using it , but it screams synthetic vinyl from a parking spot across the street. Let’s be honest, there’s nothing authentic about Azek.