When Frank Sinatra left Atlantic City
By Bruce Klauber There’s no doubt that Frank Sinatra loved Atlantic City. Until he didn’t. Although he performed here in
By Bruce Klauber There’s no doubt that Frank Sinatra loved Atlantic City. Until he didn’t. Although he performed here in
By Bruce Klauber It’s nearly forgotten now, but Babette’s, on 2211 Pacific Avenue, later the site of Trump Plaza, was
By Bruce Klauber By all accounts the Atlantic City Boardwalk’s Warner Theatre was a movie palace. As detailed in our
By Bruce Klauber Atlantic City has had its share of comeback stories over the years. The Million Dollar Pier and
By Bruce Klauber It was a cocktail lounge, an after-hours mecca, a restaurant, a nightclub, a piano bar, a hangout.
By Bruce Klauber Atlantic City has long been one of the country’s major entertainment centers, so it’s only natural that
By Bruce Klauber Tibor Rudus was a Hungarian entrepreneur who thought big. Very big. Born in Budapest in 1920, he
By Bruce Klauber “And there used to be a ballpark where the field was warm and green, And the people
By Bruce Klauber The Jersey Shore is not necessarily thought of as a hotbed for jazz, but a look at
By Bruce Klauber The nonprofit Chicken Bone Beach Historical Foundation was formed to pay tribute to the history of segregation
By Bruce Klauber In terms of entertainment, Atlantic City in the mid-1980s was pretty close to what the Las Vegas
By Bruce Klauber Atlantic City’s original Golden Nugget was the Atlantic City Boardwalk’s crown jewel. Built by Las Vegas casino
There was a time when many newspaper columnists were as famous as the celebrities, politicians and sports figures they covered.
By Bruce Klauber When George A. Hamid, Jr., who ran the Steel Pier and the Million Dollar Pier from 1946
