By Emily Rose Finn
Manalapan’s plan to replace the aging guardhouse at the entrance to Point Manalapan is back on the drawing board after bids for the work greatly exceeded what town commissioners had authorized — even after the town scaled back the
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The new guardhouse, at 248 square feet, is larger than the current one, which was built in 1968. Rendering provided
By John Pacenti
Architects scaled back the once opulent design of a new Point Manalapan guardhouse, presenting an updated, more gover
The Taj Mahal of guardhouses will, alas, remain on the drawing board.
Manalapan’s Architectural Commission severely cut back on the ambitious plan originally proposed, Town Manager Eric Marmer said.
The new plan scales what could have been a $340,000
Advisory board’s input to weigh on final design
By John Pacenti
Call it the Taj Mahal of guardhouses. Architects presented to the Manalapan Town Commission a new glass-enclosed design — to replace the town’s aging guardhouse — that could run as much
Manalapan has begun staffing the redesigned guard gate to the Point section of town with a private security firm after moving police dispatch to Town Hall. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Dan Moffett
Manalapan’s plan for an ambitious expansion of it
