Remembering Atlantic City’s Abe’s Oyster House and Hackney’s
Not a lot is known about Atlantic City’s Abe’s Oyster House, which is curious and unfortunate. Some newspaper reports claim that Abe’s opened in 1923, although promo materials including matchbooks and menus that are still around, say that it actually opened in 1897....
Lost roadside attractions on the Black Horse Pike
Remembering Bahai Vista, Adventure Village and the Atlantic Drive-In Before the Atlantic City Expressway opened in 1964, traveling from Philadelphia and other points north to Atlantic City meant driving on either the White Horse Pike or the Black Horse Pike. In...
Ocean City: Dry and happy about it for 146 years
There are dozens of cities, towns and municipalities throughout the country where the sale of alcohol is prohibited. In Pennsylvania alone, it’s been reported that over 2,500 municipalities are “dry,” to one degree or another. In this area the best-known dry town is...
Remembering when the Claridge was AC’s ‘smaller, friendlier’ casino
It was old. It was small. It was plagued by financial issues pretty much from the moment it opened on July 20, 1981. Nonetheless, what was originally called Del Webb’s Claridge Hotel & Casino was a pretty special place. Before we get into the particulars of the...
The 20-cent coin folly
It’s a fact of history that outside interests have a way of influencing decisions made by our politicians, producing results that have the average person ask, “Why did they do that?” While one may think the production of coins for use would be pretty straight forward,...
