Atlantic City, New Jersey

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Atlantic City, New Jersey
Skyline of Atlantic City
Skyline of Atlantic City
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Coordinates: 39°22′39″N 74°27′04″W / 39.3775, -74.45111
Country United States
State New Jersey
County Atlantic
Incorporated May 1, 1854
Government
 - Type Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council)
 - Interim Mayor Scott Evans
Area
 - Total 17.4 sq mi (44.9 km²)
 - Land 11.4 sq mi (38.9 km²)
 - Water 6.0 sq mi (15.5 km²)
Elevation [1] 0 ft (0 m)
Population (2006)[2]
 - Total 39,958
 - Density 3,569.8/sq mi (1,378.3/km²)
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 - Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes 08401-08406
Area code(s) 609
FIPS code 34-02080[3]
GNIS feature ID 0885142[4]
Website: http://www.cityofatlanticcity.org

Atlantic City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, USA. Famous for its boardwalk, casino gambling, sandy beaches, and the inspiration for the board game Monopoly, it is a resort community located on Absecon Island on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. As of the United States 2000 Census, population was 40,517 in the city, and 271,015 in the combined metropolitan area. Other municipalities on the island are Ventnor City, Margate City, and Longport. The main routes into Atlantic City are the Black Horse Pike (US 322/40), White Horse Pike (US 30) and the Atlantic City Expressway. Atlantic City borders other cities such as Absecon, Brigantine, Pleasantville, and others.

Atlantic City was incorporated on May 1, 1854 by an act of the New Jersey Legislature. The new city contained portions of Egg Harbor Township and Galloway Township.[5]

Like all major cities, Atlantic City contains distinct neighborhoods or districts. The communities are known as: The North Inlet, The South Inlet, Bungalow Park, the Marina District, Venice Park, Downtown (Midtown), Ducktown, Chelsea, and Chelsea Heights.

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[edit] History

Atlantic City has always been a resort town. Its location in South Jersey, hugging the Atlantic Ocean between marshlands and islands, presented itself as prime real estate for developers. The city was incorporated in 1854, the same year in which train service began, linking this remote parcel of land with Philadelphia. Atlantic City became a popular beach destination because of its proximity to Philadelphia.

[edit] Boardwalk

The Atlantic City boardwalk.
The Atlantic City boardwalk.

The first boardwalk was built in 1870, along a portion of the beach to help hotel owners keep sand out of their lobbies. The idea caught on, and the boardwalk was expanded and modified several times in the following years. The historic length of the boardwalk, before the 1944 hurricane, was about 7 miles (11.2 kilometers) and it extended from Atlantic City to Longport, through Ventnor and Margate. Today, it is 4.12 miles (6.63 kilometers) long and 60 feet (18 meters) wide, reinforced with steel and concrete. The combined length of the Atlantic City and Ventnor boardwalks--the boardwalk now ends at the Ventor/Margate border--is approximately 5.75 miles (9.25 kilometers), currently the world's longest boardwalk.

[edit] Piers

Ocean Pier, the world's first oceanside amusement pier, was built in Atlantic City in 1882.[6] Other famous piers included the Steel Pier, now used as an amusement pier (opened 1898) and the Million Dollar Pier (opened 1906), now the site of a shopping mall. (The oldest cast-iron pier in the world was built at Gravesend, Kent, England, in 1814.)

Atlantic Ocean Shore, Atlantic City, NJ
Atlantic Ocean Shore, Atlantic City, NJ

[edit] Historic hotels

During the early part of the 20th century, Atlantic City went through a radical building boom. Many of the modest boarding houses that dotted the boardwalk were replaced with large hotels. Two of the city’s most distinctive hotels were the Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel and the Traymore Hotel.

In 1903, Josiah White III bought a parcel of land near Ohio Avenue and the boardwalk and built the Queen Anne style Marlborough House. The hotel was a hit and, in 1905–06, he chose to expand the hotel and bought another parcel of land next door to his Marlborough House. In an effort to make his new hotel a source of conversation, White hired the architectural firm of Price and McLanahan. The firm decided to make use of reinforced concrete, a new building material invented by Jean-Louis Lambot in 1848 (Joseph Monier received the patent in 1867). The hotel’s Spanish and Moorish theme capped off with its signature dome and chimneys represented a step forward from other hotels that had a classically designed influence. White named the new hotel the Blenheim and merged the two hotels into the Marlborough-Blenheim. Bally's Atlantic City was later constructed close to this same location.

The Traymore Hotel was located at the corner of Illinois Avenue and the boardwalk. Begun in 1879 as a small boarding house, the hotel grew through a series of uncoordinated expansions. By 1914, the hotel’s owner, Daniel White, taking a hint from the Marlborough-Blenheim, commissioned the firm of Price and McLanahan to build an even bigger hotel. Sixteen stories high, the tan brick and gold-capped hotel would become one of the city’s best-known landmarks. The hotel made use of ocean-facing hotel rooms by jutting its wings farther from the main portion of the hotel along Pacific Avenue.

One by one, additional large hotels were constructed along the boardwalk, including the Brighton, Chelsea, Shelburne, Ambassador, Ritz Carlton, Mayflower, Madison House, and the Breakers. The Quaker-owned Chalfonte House and Haddon Hall opened in the 1890s, would by the twenties merge into the Chalfonte-Haddon Hall Hotel and would become the city's largest hotel with nearly 1,000 rooms. By 1930, the Claridge, the city's last large hotel before the casinos, opened its doors. The 400-room Claridge was built by a partnership that included renowned Philadelphia contractor John McShain. At 24 stories, it would become known as the "Skyscraper By The Sea."

[edit] 1964 Democratic National Convention

The city hosted the 1964 Democratic National Convention which nominated Lyndon Johnson for President and Hubert Humphrey as Vice President. The ticket won easily that November. The convention and the press coverage it generated, however, cast a harsh light on Atlantic City, which by then was in the midst of a long period of economic decline. Many felt that the friendship between Johnson and the Governor of New Jersey at that time, Richard J. Hughes, led Atlantic City to host the Democratic Convention.

[edit] Demise and rebirth

The Tropicana from the boardwalk.
The Tropicana from the boardwalk.

Like many older east coast cities after World War II, Atlantic City became plagued with poverty, crime, and disinvestment by the middle class in the mid to late 20th century. The neighborhood known as the "Inlet" became particularly impoverished. The reasons for the resort's decline were multi-layered. The automobile became available to many Americans after the war. Atlantic City had initially relied upon visitors coming by train and staying for a couple of weeks. The car would allow people to come and go as they pleased, and many people would spend only a few days, rather than weeks. Also, the advent of suburbia played a huge role. With many families moving to their own private houses, luxuries such as home air conditioning and swimming pools diminished the necessity for people to flock to the beach during the hot summer. Perhaps the biggest factor in the decline in Atlantic City's popularity came from cheap, fast jet service to other premiere resorts. Places such as Miami Beach and Nassau, Bahamas superseded Atlantic City as favored vacation spots.

By the late 1960s, the typical Atlantic City tourist was invariably poor, elderly, or both. Many of the resort's great hotels, which were suffering from embarrassing vacancy rates, were either closed, converted to cheap apartments, or converted to nursing home facilities. Prior to and during the advent of legalized gambling, many of these hotels would be demolished. The Breakers, the Chelsea, the Brighton, the Shelburne, the Mayflower, the Traymore, and the Marlborough Blenheim were demolished in the 1970s and 1980s. Of all the pre-casino resorts that bordered the boardwalk, only the Claridge, the Dennis (now part of Bally's Park Place), the Ritz Carlton, and the Chalfonte-Haddon Hall Hotel survive to this day. The steel frame work of the old Ambassodor Hotel was used for the Tropicana Hotel and Casino, although its distinctive brick facade was removed and replaced with a more modern one. Smaller hotels off the boardwalk, such as the Madison House, also survive.

The Borgata.
The Borgata.

In an effort at revitalizing the city, New Jersey voters in 1976 approved casino gambling for Atlantic City; this came after a 1974 referendum on legalized gambling failed to pass. The Chalfonte-Haddon Hall Hotel became Resorts International; it was the first legal casino in the eastern United States when it opened on May 26, 1978.[7] Other casinos were soon added along the Boardwalk and later in the marina district for a total of 11 today. The introduction of gambling did not, however, quickly eliminate many of the urban problems that plagued Atlantic City. Many have argued that it only served to magnify those problems, as evidenced in the stark contrast between tourism-intensive areas and the adjacent impoverished working-class neighborhoods.[8] In addition, Atlantic City has played second-fiddle to Las Vegas, Nevada, as a gambling mecca in the United States, although in the late 1970s and 1980s, when Las Vegas was experiencing a massive drop in tourism due to crime, particularly the Mafia's role, and other economic factors, Atlantic City was favored over Las Vegas. The rise of Mike Tyson in boxing, having most of his fights in Atlantic City in the '80s, also helped Atlantic City's popularity. On July 3, 2003, Atlantic City's newest casino, The Borgata, opened with much success. Another major attraction is the oldest remaining Ripley's Believe It or Not! Odditorium in the world.

A 75 percent smoking ban imposed by Atlantic City's City Council went into effect on April 15, 2007, limiting smoking to no more than 25 percent of the casino floor. Casino operators, especially Donald Trump have claimed that the ban places Atlantic City casinos at a competitive disadvantage with casinos in neighboring states and is leading to a revenue decline.[9]

Atlantic City is home to New Jersey's first wind farm. The Jersey-Atlantic Wind Farm consists of five 1.5 megawatt turbine towers, each almost 400 feet (120 meters) high.

Gambling halted for the first time since 1978 at 8:00 a.m. on July 5, 2006, during the 2006 New Jersey State Government Shutdown mandated by the state constitution when the legislature failed to present a budget. The casinos generally remained open for entertainment and hotel services, but ceased gambling functions due to the absence of state regulators. The casinos resumed gambling functions at 7:00 p.m. on July 8, 2006.

From 2005 to 2006, Atlantic City had the highest percentage increase (25.9 percent) in average home value in the United States.[10]

[edit] Geography

Atlantic City is located at 39°21′54″N, 74°26′21″W (39.364966, -74.439034)[11].

Atlantic City is located on 8.1-mile long Absecon Island, along with Ventnor City, Margate City and Longport to the southeast.[12]

The city has a total area, according to the United States Census Bureau,of 17.4 square miles (44.9 km²), of which, 11.4 square miles (29.4 km²) of it is land and 6.0 square miles (15.5 km²) of it (34.58%) is water.

[edit] Climate

Atlantic City has a humid subtropical climate. In the winter, the city does not get as much snowfall as northern New Jersey or inland areas because it is moderated by the ocean. In the summer, Atlantic City gets a sea breeze off the ocean that makes temperatures stay cooler than inland areas.

Monthly Normal and Record High and Low Temperatures
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Rec High °F 78 75 87 94 99 106 104 103 99 90 84 77
Norm High °F 41.4 43.9 51.9 61.3 71.1 80 85.1 83.3 76.6 66.3 56 46.4
Norm Low °F 22.8 24.5 31.7 39.8 49.8 59.3 65.4 63.7 56 43.9 35.7 27.1
Rec Low °F -10 -11 5 12 25 37 42 40 32 20 10 -7
Precip (in) 3.6 2.85 4.06 3.45 3.38 2.66 3.86 4.32 3.14 2.86 3.26 3.15
Source: USTravelWeather.com [13]

[edit] Demographics

Historical populations
Census Pop.  %±
1860 867
—
1870 1,043 20.3%
1880 5,477 425.1%
1890 13,055 138.4%
1900 27,838 113.2%
1910 46,150 65.8%
1920 50,707 9.9%
1930 66,198 30.6%
1940 64,094 −3.2%
1950 61,657 −3.8%
1960 59,544 −3.4%
1970 47,859 −19.6%
1980 40,199 −16%
1990 37,986 −5.5%
2000 40,517 6.7%
Est. 2006 39,958 [2] −1.4%
sources:[14][15]

As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 40,517 people, 15,848 households, and 8,700 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,569.8 people per square mile (1,378.3/km²). There were 20,219 housing units at an average density of 1,781.4/sq mi (687.8/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 44.16% Black or African American, 26.68% White, 0.48% Native American, 10.40% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 13.76% from other races, and 4.47% from two or more races. 24.95% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 19.44% of the population were non-Hispanic whites.

There were 15,848 households out of which 27.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 24.8% were married couples living together, 23.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.1% were non-families. 37.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 3.26.

In the city the population was spread out with 25.7% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 31.0% from 25 to 44, 20.2% from 45 to 64, and 14.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 96.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $26,969, and the median income for a family was $31,997. Males had a median income of $25,471 versus $23,863 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,402. About 19.1% of families and 23.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 29.1% of those under age 18 and 18.9% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Government

[edit] Local government

Atlantic City is governed under the Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council) system of municipal government.[16] The current Mayor is Scott Evans.

The City Council is the governing body of Atlantic City. Members of Council are elected to serve for a term of four years. There are nine Councilmembers, one from each of six wards and three serving at-large. The City Council exercises the legislative power of the municipality for the purpose of holding Council meetings to introduce ordinances and resolutions to regulate City government. In addition, Councilmembers review budgets submitted by the Mayor; provide for an annual audit of the City’s accounts and financial transactions; organize standing committees and hold public hearings to address important issues which impact Atlantic City.[17]

On September 26, 2007 the City Council reported that Mayor Bob Levy was AWOL (Absent without Leave) not informing the council that he was leaving or where he was going, following his disappearance city Business Administrator Domenic Cappella declared himself the defacto Acting Mayor[18] claiming that Levy had personally asked to take over in his absence – a claim City Council disputed. On October 5, 2007, City Councilman Bruce Ward asked the New Jersey Superior Court to declare the Mayor's office vacated so that City Council President William Marsh could assume the office of Mayor.[19]

On October 10, 2007 Bob Levy tendered his resignation.[20] William "Speedy" Marsh was officially sworn as Interim Mayor following Levy's resignation.[21] Six weeks later, on November 21, 2007, Scott Evans was selected by City Council to serve the remaining unexpired term of former Mayor Bob Levy.[22]

As of 8 October 2007, members of the Atlantic City Council are:

[edit] Federal, state and county representation

Atlantic City is in the Second Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 2nd Legislative District.[24]

New Jersey's Second Congressional District, covering all of Atlantic County, Cape May County, Cumberland County and Salem County and portions of Burlington County, Camden County and Gloucester County, is represented by Frank LoBiondo (R, Ventnor). New Jersey is represented in the Senate by Frank Lautenberg (D, Cliffside Park) and Bob Menendez (D, Hoboken).

The 2nd legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Jim Whelan (D, Atlantic City), and in the Assembly by John F. Amodeo (R, Margate) and Vincent J. Polistina (R, Egg Harbor Township).[25] The Governor of New Jersey is Jon Corzine (D, Hoboken).[26]

Atlantic County's County Executive is Dennis Levinson (Linwood).[27] The Board of Chosen Freeholders, the county's legislature, consists of nine members elected to three-year terms on a staggered basis, with three seats coming up for election each year. As of 2008, Atlantic County's Freeholders are Freeholder Chairman Joseph F. Silipena, (Egg Harbor City, term expires December 31, 2008), Freeholder Vice Chairman Frank Sutton (Egg Harbor Township, 2008), Alisa Cooper (Linwood, 2008), James Curcio (Hammonton, 2009), Richard Dase (Galloway Township, 2010), Charles Garrett (Atlantic City, 2010), Frank V. Giordano (Hamilton Township, 2009), Joseph McDevitt (Ventnor City, 2010) and Thomas Russo (Atlantic City, 2009).[28]

[edit] Education

The Atlantic City School District serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grades. Schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[29]) are Brighton Avenue School for preschool (72 students), eight K-8 elementary schools — Chelsea Heights School (383), Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School Complex (613), New Jersey Avenue School (403), New York Avenue School (587), Richmond Avenue School (378), Sovereign Avenue School (792), Texas Avenue School (411) and Uptown School Complex (732) — Atlantic City High School for grades 9-12 (2,574), along with Venice Park School (35) and Viking Academy.[30]

Students from Brigantine, Longport, Margate City and Ventnor City attend Atlantic City High School as part of sending/receiving relationships with the respective school districts.[31]

[edit] Casino resorts

Trump Taj Mahal
Trump Taj Mahal
Caesars & Trump Plaza
Caesars & Trump Plaza
Tropicana
Tropicana
Name Address Ownership
Atlantic City Hilton Boston Avenue and the Boardwalk Colony Capital
Bally's Atlantic City 1 Park Place and the Boardwalk Harrah's Entertainment
The Borgata One Borgata Way Marina District Development Corporation
Caesars Atlantic City Pacific Avenue and the Boardwalk Harrah's Entertainment
Harrah's Atlantic City 777 Harrah's Boulevard Harrah's Entertainment
Resorts Atlantic City North Carolina Avenue and the Boardwalk Colony Capital
Showboat South States Avenue and the Boardwalk Harrah's Entertainment
Tropicana Brighton Avenue and the Boardwalk To be determined - Currently operating under observation of a state appointed Trustee/Conservator[32]
Trump Marina Huron Avenue and Brigantine Boulevard Trump Entertainment Resorts2
Trump Plaza Mississippi Avenue and the Boardwalk Trump Entertainment Resorts
Trump Taj Mahal Virginia Avenue and the Boardwalk Trump Entertainment Resorts
1 Claridge Tower and the Wild West Casino are considered part of Bally's.
2 On May 30, 2008 it was announced that Trump Marina is being sold to Coastal Development LLC and converted into a Margaritaville themed resort.[33]

[edit] Planned casino/resorts

  • MGM Grand Atlantic City – In October 2007 MGM Mirage board approved the MGM Grand Atlantic City which will sit on 60 of 72 acres it owns adjacent to Borgata. The project nicknamed City Center East, will be the biggest and tallest in Atlantic City, featuring three separate towers that will total more than 3,000 rooms and suites, each with a different guest experience. In addition, it will feature a 1,500-seat theater, a convention center, a spa, a variety of restaurants, nightclub and entertainment opportunities, as well as a 500,000-square-foot (46,000 m²) retail center. It would also have the largest casino floor in the state, with 5,000 slot machines, 200 table games and a poker room. It is expected to break ground in 2008 with a completion date in 2012. 12 acres will be put aside for future development such as a possible residential tower. [34][35]
  • Pinnacle Entertainment purchased the Sands Atlantic City, at the time Atlantic City's smallest casino, and permanently closed it on November 11, 2006 at 6:00 AM. The resort was demolished in a dramatic, Las-Vegas styled implosion which took place on Thursday, October 18, 2007. The company intends to replace it with a $1.5 - 2 billion casino resort on 18 contiguous oceanfront acres, to open by 2011.
  • Morgan Stanley has purchased 20 acres directly north of the Showboat Hotel and Casino and plans to build a $1 billion-plus resort casino.[36] Revel Entertainment Group has been named as developer and has broken ground on construction and announced that its design work.[37]
  • AC Gateway LLC, a development group headed by former Caesars CEO Wallace Barr and former New Jersey Casino Redevelopment Authority Executive Director Curtis Bashaw, is planning to build a US$1.5 to $2 billion casino, hotel and entertainment complex to be known as Atlantic Beach Resort & Casino.[38] The complex would be constructed on land south of the Atlantic City Hilton that was recently purchased from Hilton's parent company, Colony Capital. The tract includes the site of the former Atlantic City High School and the planned but failed Dunes casino. Only the former Dunes site is presently zoned for casino space.

[edit] Former, closed and never opened casino/resorts

Name Reason For Closure/Not Opening
Atlantis License revoked on July 4, 1989; sold and renamed Trump Regency (non-casino)
Bally's Park Place Renamed Bally's Atlantic City
Bally's Grand Renamed The Grand
Boardwalk Regency Renamed Caesars Boardwalk Regency
Brighton Renamed Sands Atlantic City
Caesars Boardwalk Regency Renamed Caesars Atlantic City
Claridge Renamed Claridge Tower at Bally's
Del Webb's Claridge Hotel and Hi-Ho Casino Renamed Del Webb's Claridge
Del Webb's Claridge Renamed Claridge
Dunes Never completed, land sold; currently a parking lot
Golden Nugget Sold and Renamed Bally's Grand
Harrah's Marina Renamed Harrah's Atlantic City
Harrah's at Trump Plaza Sold to Trump Casinos & Resorts, renamed Trump Plaza
Hilton (Original) Casino licensure denied, sold and renamed Trump's Castle Hotel/Casino
Le Jardin Project scrapped due to Mirage Resorts-MGM Grand merger
Merv Griffin's Resorts Sold and renamed Resorts International
Mirage Atlantic City Renamed The Borgata before construction was completed
MGM Grand Atlantic City Pervious plans were not developed; MGM is going to develop– See MGM Grand Atlantic City
Park Place Renamed Bally's Park Place
Penthouse International Never completed, developer ran out of money; property sold
Playboy Hotel & Casino Sold and renamed Atlantis
Resorts International Renamed Resorts Atlantic City
Sahara Atlantic City Planned but not developed; land sold to Golden Nugget
Sands Closed 11/11/06 at 6:00 AM; building demolished
The Grand Renamed the Atlantic City Hilton Casino/Hotel
Tropicana (Old) Renamed TropWorld
TropWorld Name reverted back to Tropicana Casino and Resort
Trump's Castle Renamed Trump Marina
Trump Regency Reopened as Trump World's Fair at Trump Plaza
Trump World's Fair at Trump Plaza Closed, building demolished; currently an empty lot

[edit] Sports

Club Sport League Venue
Atlantic City Diablos Soccer NPSL St. Augustine Prep School
Atlantic City Surf Baseball Can-Am League Bernie Robbins Stadium

On November 16, 2006, Hal Handel, CEO of Greenwood Racing, announced that the Atlantic City Race Course would increase live racing dates from four days per year, to up to 20 days per year. www.saveacrc.com has been actively involved in expanding racing at the Atlantic City Race Course and created the movement to bring full time racing back to ACRC in 2005.

[edit] Media outlets

[edit] Newspapers and magazines

See also: Newspapers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

[edit] Radio stations

Atlantic City's radio market is ranked #139 in the nation.

v • d • e
Radio stations in the Atlantic City-Cape May market (Arbitron #141) (R&R info)
By FM frequency
88.9 · 89.7 · 90.5 · 91.3 · 91.7 · 95.1 · 96.1 · 96.9 · 97.3 · 98.3 · 99.3 · 100.7 · 102.7 · 103.7 · 104.9 · 107.3
By AM frequency
1020 · 1340 · 1400 · 1450 · 1490
By callsign
WAJM · WAYV · WENJ · WFPG · WIBG · WJSE · WLFR · WMGM · WMID · WNJN · WOND · WPUR · WRTQ · WSJO · WTAA · WTKU · WTTH · WWFP · WXKW · WZBZ · WZXL

WAYV 95.1 FM - Top 40
WTTH 96.1 FM - Urban AC (The Touch)
WFPG 96.9 FM - AC (Lite Rock 96.9)
WXKW 97.3 FM - News/Talk
WTKU 98.3 FM - Oldies (Kool 98.3)
WZBZ 99.3 FM - Top 40 (Kiss FM)
WZXL 100.7 FM - Rock (The Rock Station)
WJSE 102.7 FM - Alternative (The Ace)
WMGM 103.7 FM - Classic Rock (The Shark)
WSJO 104.9 FM - Hot AC (SoJo 104.9)
WPUR 107.3 FM - Country (Cat Country 107.3)
WMID 1340 AM - Oldies
WOND 1400 AM - News/Talk, Hosts: Don Williams; Barbara Altman; Pinky Kravitz
WENJ 1450 AM - ESPN Radio/Sports (The Mike Gill Show - Local 4-7pm)
WTAA 1490 AM - Air America Radio, Atlantic City, Host: Virginia McCabe

[edit] Television stations

See also: Media of Philadelphia#Television stations

[edit] Transportation

[edit] Rail and Bus

ACJA "Jitney" #29 on a casino shuttle run.
ACJA "Jitney" #29 on a casino shuttle run.
NJ Transit #2514 on the 505.
NJ Transit #2514 on the 505.

Atlantic City is connected to other cities in several ways. New Jersey Transit's Atlantic City Line runs from Philadelphia and several smaller South Jersey communities directly to the Atlantic City Rail Terminal at the Atlantic City Convention Center. Within the city, public transportation is provided by New Jersey Transit along seven routes, and by the Atlantic City Jitney Association (ACJA) on another four fixed-route lines and on shuttles to-and from the rail terminal.

On June 20, 2006, the board of New Jersey Transit approved a three-year trial of express train service between New York Penn Station and the Atlantic City Rail Terminal. The estimated travel time will be 2½ hours with a few stops along the way and is part of the Casinos' multi-million dollar investments in Atlantic City. Most of the funding for the new transit line will be provided by Harrah's Entertainment (owners of both Harrah's Atlantic City and Caesars Atlantic City) and the Borgata. The line is expected to be in service by the end of 2007, but details on the line's operation are scant.[39]

The Atlantic City Bus Terminal is the home to local, intrastate and interstate bus companies including New Jersey Transit and Greyhound bus lines. The Greyhound Lucky Streak Express offers service to Atlantic City from New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C..

[edit] Highways

Access to Atlantic City by car is available via the 44 mile (70 km) Atlantic City Expressway, US 30 (commonly known as the White Horse Pike), and US 40/322 (commonly known as the Black Horse Pike). Atlantic City has an abundance of taxi cabs and a local Jitney providing continuous service to and from the casinos and the rest of the city.

[edit] Airline service

Commercial airlines serve Atlantic City via Atlantic City International Airport, located 9 miles (14 km) northwest of the city in Egg Harbor Township. Many travelers also choose to fly into Philadelphia International Airport or Newark Liberty International Airport, where there are wider selections of carriers from which to choose. The historic downtown Bader Field airport is now permanently closed and plans are in the works to redevelop the land; most likely it will be torn down for mixed development or rezoned for Casino.

[edit] Shopping

Atlantic City is home to three large malls specifically geared towards tourists:[40]

Two nearby regional malls include the Shore Mall in Egg Harbor Township and the Hamilton Mall in Mays Landing.

[edit] Popular culture references

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[edit] Notable residents

Notable current and former residents of Atlantic City include:

[edit] References

  1. ^ USGS GNIS: Atlantic City, Geographic Names Information System, accessed January 4, 2008.
  2. ^ a b Census data for Atlantic City, United States Census Bureau. Accessed August 8, 2007.
  3. ^ a b American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
  4. ^ US Board on Geographic Names. United States Geological Survey (2007-10-25). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
  5. ^ "The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606–1968", John P. Snyder, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 67.
  6. ^ Atlantic City Museum website, accessed November 25, 2006.
  7. ^ Clarity, James F. "It's 'Place Your Bets' at Opening Of First Gambling Casino in East An Inlay of Gaudiness 'So Far, It Looks Good' 'It Rained Quarters' Huge Crowds Expected Minority Groups Complain", The New York Times, May 27, 1978.
  8. ^ Bryant Simon, Boardwalk of Dreams: Atlantic City and the Fate of Urban America (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004).
  9. ^ Wittkowski, Donald. "Trump says Atlantic City smoking ban forcing gamblers to flee 'in droves"", The Press of Atlantic City, August 17, 2007. Accessed August 25, 2007. "...Trump said of a decline in casino business that has sent Atlantic City gaming revenue tumbling 3.7 percent for the first seven months this year."
  10. ^ Latest home prices. money.cnn.com. Retrieved on 2007-06-21.
  11. ^ US Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990. United States Census Bureau (2005-05-03). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
  12. ^ Absecon Island Shore Protection Project, United States Army Corps of Engineers. Accessed May 1, 2008. "Construct an approximate $63 million beach and dune system along the 8.1 mile oceanfront of Absecon Island that includes, the cities of Atlantic City, Ventnor, Margate and Longport."
  13. ^ Historical.Atlantic City Weather Data. ustravelweather.com. Retrieved on 2007-06-21.
  14. ^ New Jersey Resident Population by Municipality: 1930–1990, accessed March 1, 2007.
  15. ^ Wm. C. Hunt, Chief Statistician for Population. Fourteenth Census of The United States: 1920; Population: New Jersey; Number of inhabitants, by counties and minor civil divisions (ZIP). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2007-03-21.
  16. ^ 2005 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, April 2005, p. 12.
  17. ^ City Council of Atlantic City: General Information, Atlantic City. Accessed March 3, 2007.
  18. ^ Atlantic City Mayor Drops Out of Sight
  19. ^ Councilman asks Judge to oust Levy
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