by Bruce Klauber | Jul 3, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, South Jersey, What's Happening
Chicken Bone Beach was the name given to a stretch of Atlantic City beach around Missouri Avenue that was the only beach open to African-Americans during the many years of segregation in the city. The Chicken Bone Beach Foundation, named to pay tribute to those long...
by Bruce Klauber | Jun 26, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, South Jersey
Atlantic City’s Steel Pier, in the many years it presented big-name entertainment, never really “made” a star. The reality is that the stars “made” the Steel Pier into the venue known for many years as “the showplace of the nation.” There was one exception: The comedy...
by Bruce Klauber | Jun 19, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, History, South Jersey
Anyone who saw the HBO series, “Boardwalk Empire,” or read the book that inspired it knows that for years Atlantic City was a hotbed of corruption, especially during the 1920-1933 Prohibition years. Probably the most notorious and corrupt was political boss Enoch...
by Bruce Klauber | Jun 12, 2025 | Features
Some seasons back, on the television quiz show, “Family Feud,” the following question was asked: “What food is most associated with Atlantic City?” The top answer was salt water taffy. I can’t recall exactly what the other answers were, but I’m pretty certain that...
by Bruce Klauber | Jun 5, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, South Jersey
Long before the construction of Harrah’s, Borgata and the Golden Nugget, that part of Atlantic City was only a marina. Specifically, it was the Frank S. Farley State Marina, a joint venture between the state of New Jersey and Atlantic City, built in the late 1950s to...
