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...
Margate’s infamous Barbary Coast remembered
“The Barbary Coast” referred to a strip of Margate bars that stretched from the bayfront to Washington Avenue and then to the beach. These partying spots were in operation from the 1950s through the 1980s, although some were in business as early as the 1940s and as...
