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By Jeff Schwachter

Watch the Making of HBO's 'Boardwalk Empire' Right Now

HBO has uploaded the approximately 14-minute behind-the-scenes documentary "The Making of Boardwalk Empire," which premiered...

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Posted Aug. 25, 2010 | Comments: 0

A Boardwalk Story

It is 1939, 10 years into the Great Depression. In Atlantic City money is tight but summertime on the Boardwalk is still a magical time with big bands on the Steel Pier, well dressed men and women strolling the boards, pitchmen selling their wares and teenagers looking to have a good time.

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Posted Jul. 29, 2010 | Comments: 8

Meet Me at the Ritz

Enoch "Nucky" Johnson, treasurer of Atlantic County, ruled the rackets and the Republican Party in Atlantic City. Former cabbie Louie Kessel ordered his master's life. Home base was the posh Ritz Carlton Hotel at Iowa Avenue and the Boardwalk. It was the Roaring 20s and life was good.

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Posted Jul. 19, 2010 | Comments: 0

CRDA Reveals 1936 Time Capsule Contents

According to information provided by the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority (CRDA), the contents of a long-hidden time capsule, placed behind the cornerstone of the Atlantic City Post Office at Pacific Avenue and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (then Illinois Avenue) and unearthed during the building’s recent demolition, was revealed on Tuesday, July 13.

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Posted Jul. 15, 2010 | Comments: 0

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