NEWS & VIEWS > WALTZ THROUGH TIME

By Tom Wilk


Houdini, Sir Doyle Do AC


The famed creator of Sherlock Holmes and escape artist Harry Houdini were resort guests in June of ’22. 


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Posted May. 2, 2012 | Comments: 0

NEWS & VIEWS > WALTZ THROUGH TIME

By Tom Wilk


‘Atlantic City Jackpot’ 


Movies can offer a window on the past, a look at the way we were. That’s the case of The Money, later renamed Atlantic City Jackpot, a 1976 independent film partially shot in the city and Atlantic County four years before the first casino opened.


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Posted Mar. 7, 2012 | Comments: 0

NEWS & VIEWS > WALTZ THROUGH TIME

By Jim Waltzer

An Educator’s Untimely End

Placed in charge of Atlantic City’s two “colored” schools by 1921, Pennsylvania native Brock succumbed the following year at the age of 42, in the thick of a battle over whether or not to integrate the local schools.

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Posted Feb. 20, 2012 | Comments: 4

NEWS & VIEWS > WALTZ THROUGH TIME

By Tom WIlk

United Nations, Modern Economy Has Roots in Atlantic City

The procession of guests 
arriving at the Claridge Hotel in Atlantic City in mid-June 1944 resembled an early gathering of the United Nations, a year before the organization was officially founded.


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Posted Jan. 4, 2012 | Comments: 0

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