Atlantic City’s amusement piers that aren’t there anymore
By Bruce Klauber The history of Atlantic City’s iconic amusement piers has been detailed in these pages several times before. But after the stories of Steeplechase Pier, Million Dollar Pier, Central Pier, Garden Pier and Steel Pier had been written and published, it...Harvey Mason and Peter Erskine: Two drumming legends who got their start in AC
By Bruce Klauber Among the dozens of celebrity photographs that line the walls of White House Subs, there are two that visitors might not recognize, unless they’re drummers or jazz fans. Drummers Harvey Mason and Peter Erskine are there for two reasons: They are both...They wowed them in Vegas, but not Atlantic City
By Bruce Klauber No one knows for sure just how many celebrities have graced the stages of Atlantic City’s hotel/casinos since the 1978 inception of legalized gambling. For talent buyers who worked in Atlantic City during the first several years of shore casinos, the...Press Club of Atlantic City: Keeping journalists connected since 1888
By Bruce Klauber As a member in reasonably good standing of the Atlantic City press corps since the mid-1980s, it would seem that the Press Club of Atlantic City was an organization I should know something about. I did not, but now I do. The Press Club, founded in...
