Remembering when Bally’s gave AC a Grand(stand) old time
By Chuck Darrow In October 1987, gaming tycoon Steve Wynn sold his 7-year-old Golden Nugget Atlantic City to Bally’s Corp., then-owner of Bally’s Park Place Casino-Hotel. The property was rechristened Bally’s Grand Hotel & Casino, and its official opening ceremony...Frank Sinatra on Atlantic City’s Beach in 1935
Poor New Jersey kid, the runt of the litter Frank was the original “Jersey Boy” Imagine the young Frank Sinatra growing up in Hoboken. Not the hip Hoboken of now, where rent is high and you can’t find parking anywhere, but the Hoboken of the early...Athletes gain national publicity to OC
A Look Back By Fred Miller Eighty-three years ago this week, Ocean City was featured in the national news thanks to Archie Harris and Billy Conn. Harris set a world record discus toss, and Conn almost beat world champion Joe Louis. Harris grew up in Ocean City, while...Grabel’s was the place to go in Atlantic City, all day and all night
By Bruce Klauber It was a cocktail lounge, an after-hours mecca, a restaurant, a nightclub, a piano bar, a hangout. It was sometimes a dance club, sometimes a jazz club, and sometimes a karaoke bar. It was an Atlantic City institution for 33 years. It was Grabel’s,...1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City – A 60-year retrospective
By William Kelly As we approach the Republican and Democratic national conventions, when party candidates are selected for the election, it is appropriate to reflect on the 1964 Democratic National Convention held 60 years ago in Atlantic City. While it was party...
