Prohibition: When Atlantic City was wide open
On Jan. 17, 1920, the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, a law that banned “the manufacture, transportation and sale of alcoholic beverages in the United States,” went into effect several months after it was ratified under the aegis of President Woodrow Wilson. “The...
Atlantic City’s Central Pier
The future is finally looking brighter Possibly the least known and most troubled of Atlantic City’s famed amusement piers, past and present, is Central Pier. Though it’s been standing and in operation in various incarnations at 1400 Boardwalk and Tennessee Avenue...
Remembering Atlantic City’s Captain Starn’s
When Atlantic City residents and visitors, past and present, talk about the long-gone restaurants they miss, a few names invariably surface again and again. Certainly there’s Lou’s in Ventnor, profiled several times in these pages, followed by Zaberers and perhaps...
John Pizzarelli: A natural-born swinger
As the son of one of the greatest guitarists in jazz history, Bucky Pizzarelli, you might say that John Pizzarelli is a natural-born swinger. The popular and prolific guitarist/singer, appearing on Friday, Oct. 17 at Somers Point’s Gateway Playhouse as part of the...
