Atlantic City

Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, and a nationally renowned resort city for gambling, shopping and fine dining. The city also served as the inspiration for the American version of the board game Monopoly. Atlantic City is located on Absecon Island on the coast...

 is the largest city on the Jersey Shore

Jersey Shore

The Jersey Shore is a term used to refer to both the Atlantic coast of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the adjacent resort and residential communities. . The New Jersey State Department of Tourism considers the Shore Region, Greater Atlantic City, and the Southern Shore to be distinct, each having...

 and the gambling mecca of the eastern United States. Founded in 1793, the city experienced rapid growth after the completion of a rail line in the 1850's. By the 1930's the it had become a major entertainment destination, and in 1935, the classic board game Monopoly

Monopoly (game)

Marvin Gardens, the leading yellow property on the board shown, is actually a misspelling of the original location name, Marven Gardens. The misspelling was said to be introduced by Charles Todd and passed on when his home-made Monopoly board was copied by Charles Darrow and thence to Parker...

, featuring street names of the city, was published.

Casino

Casino

In modern English, a casino is a facility which houses and accommodates certain types of gambling activities. Casinos are most commonly built near or combined with hotels, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships or other tourist attractions...

 hotels dominate the skyline and are interspersed with residential highrises

Tower block

A tower block, high-rise, apartment tower, office tower, apartment block, or block of flats, is a tall building or structure used as a residential and/or office building...

. Prior to their construction following the legalization of gambling in the 1970s grand hotels, many built between the turn of the century

Turn of the century

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 and the Roaring Twenties

Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties is a phrase used to describe the 1920s, principally in North America, but also in London, Berlin and Paris for a period of sustained economic prosperity. The phrase was meant to emphasize the period's social, artistic, and cultural dynamism...

, lined the Boardwalk

Boardwalk

A boardwalk, in the conventional sense, is a wooden walkway for pedestrians and sometimes vehicles, often found along beaches, but they are also common as paths through wetlands, coastal dunes, and other sensitive environments....

, the first in the world. Since the 1980s, especially after the 2001 opening of the Brigantine Connector, the Marina District at the city's north end has seen much new development.

Tallest buildings

Rank	Name	Image	Height	Floors	Year	Notes
1	Revel Resort		709 ft (216.1 m)	47	2010	topped out 2nd tallest building in New Jersey New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware... projected completion 2012
2	Harrahs Waterfront Tower		525 ft (160 m)	45	2008
3	Trump Taj Mahal Chairman Tower		470 ft (143.3 m)	41	2008
4	The Water Club at Borgata The Water Club The Water Club is a hotel that is connected to the Borgata and is located in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The $400 million Water Club was Atlantic City's first boutique-lifestyle hotel when it opened in June 2008. Its opening date was delayed by a September 2007 fire that damaged portions of its...		457 ft (139.3 m)	39	2008
5	Borgata Hotel and Casino Borgata The Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa is a luxury hotel, casino, and spa in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States. It is owned by Marina District Development, a joint venture between Boyd Gaming and a divesture trust established by MGM Resorts International...		431 ft (131.4 m)	42	2003
6	Trump Taj Mahal Casino Hotel		429 ft (130.8 m)	41	1990	tallest building built in 1990s
7	Jersey-Atlantic Wind Farm Jersey-Atlantic Wind Farm The Jersey-Atlantic Wind Farm in Atlantic City, New Jersey, is the first coastal wind farm in the United States and the first wind farm in New Jersey. It became operational in December 2005 and consists of five 1.5 MW turbines built by General Electric. Each wind turbine reaches a height of .The...		380 ft (115.8 m)	n/a	2005	Five wind turbine Wind turbine A wind turbine is a device that converts kinetic energy from the wind into mechanical energy. If the mechanical energy is used to produce electricity, the device may be called a wind generator or wind charger. If the mechanical energy is used to drive machinery, such as for grinding grain or... s
8	Bally's Atlantic City Bally's Atlantic City Bally's Atlantic City is a luxury hotel and casino on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey that opened in 1979. It is one of the largest casinos on the boardwalk with nearly 2,000 rooms. Bally's is unique in that two of its four hotel towers are at least 80 years old. The Claridge Tower was...		375 ft (114.3 m)	37	1989	tallest building built in 1980s
9	The Claridge		370 ft (112.8 m)	23	1930	tallest building in from 1930 to 1989 aka “The Skyscraper By The Sea"
10/11	Ocean Club		360 ft (109.7 m)	34	1984	twin towers are tallest residential buildings
	Resorts Renedezvous Tower Resorts Atlantic City Not to be confused with the Las Vegas, Nevada based casino/resort operator Resorts International Holdings.Resorts Casino Hotel is a hotel and casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Resorts was the first casino hotel in Atlantic City, becoming the first legal casino outside of Nevada in the United...		348 ft (106.1 m)	27	2004
	Trump Plaza Hotel Trump Plaza (Atlantic City) Trump Plaza is a hotel and casino located on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Designed by architect Martin Stern, Jr., it was opened in 1984 and is one of two casinos owned by Trump Entertainment Resorts...		321 ft (97.8 m)	39	1984
	Harrahs Bayview Tower		302 ft (92 m)	25	2002
	Wyndham Skyline Tower Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Wyndham Hotels and Resorts is a group of chains of hotels and resorts located mainly in the United States and Canada, but also in Mexico and the Caribbean.-History:...		302 ft (92 m)	30	2004
	Atlantic Palace Suites		300 ft (91.4 m)	31	1986
	The Flagship Resort			32	1988
	Golden Nugget Atlantic City Golden Nugget Atlantic City The Golden Nugget Atlantic City was a casino from 1980 to 1987 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. It is currently the Atlantic City Hilton.It was built in 1980 by a partnership of Golden Nugget Companies and Michael R. Milken for $140 million....			27	1985
	Caesars Centurion Tower Caesars Atlantic City Caesars Atlantic City is a luxury hotel, casino, and spa resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Like Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, it has an ancient Roman theme. Atlantic City's second casino, it opened in 1979 as the Caesars Boardwalk Regency. The . casino has over 3,400 slot machines, and is one of...		299 ft (91.1 m)	26	1997
	Tropicana Havana Tower		282 ft (86 m)	33	1980
	Tropicana West Tower		282 ft (86 m)	32	1980
	Bella		272 ft (82.9 m)	27	1988
	The Enclave			27
	Showboat Bourbon Tower Showboat Atlantic City Showboat Atlantic City is a Mardi Gras themed casino located in Atlantic City, New Jersey. In 1998, the property was purchased by Harrah's Entertainment, now Caesars Entertainment, which has since sold off similar Showboat themed properties in other cities. The Showboat is currently the...			25

Historic overview

Name	Image	Year built	Height ft / m	Floors	Notes
Absecon Light Absecon Light The Absecon Light is a coastal lighthouse located in the north end of Atlantic City, New Jersey overlooking Absecon Inlet. It is the tallest lighthouse in the state of New Jersey and is the third tallest masonry lighthouse in the United States. Construction began in 1854, with the light first lit...		1854-1857	171 ft (52.1 m)	n/a	First lit 1857, deactivated 1933. Still in operation, it is no longer an official navigational aid Navigational aid A navigational aid is any sort of marker which aids the traveler in navigation; the term is most commonly used to refer to nautical or aviation travel... .
The Blenheim Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel The Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel was a historic resort hotel property in Atlantic City, New Jersey, built in 1902-1906, demolished in 1979.In 1902, 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 financially...		1902-06	160 ft (48.8 m)	12	One world's earliest and largest reinforced concrete Reinforced concrete Reinforced concrete is concrete in which reinforcement bars , reinforcement grids, plates or fibers have been incorporated to strengthen the concrete in tension. It was invented by French gardener Joseph Monier in 1849 and patented in 1867. The term Ferro Concrete refers only to concrete that is...  buildings when built Building implosion Building implosion In the controlled demolition industry, building implosion is the strategic placing of explosive material and timing of its detonation so that a structure collapses on itself in a matter of seconds, minimizing the physical damage to its immediate surroundings...  1979
Traymore Hotel Traymore Hotel The Traymore Hotel was a resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Begun as a small boarding house in 1879, the hotel expanded and became one of the city's premier resorts. As Atlantic City began to decline in its popularity as a resort town, during the 1950s and 1960s, the Traymore diminished in...		1915	220 ft (67.1 m)	19	Building implosion Building implosion In the controlled demolition industry, building implosion is the strategic placing of explosive material and timing of its detonation so that a structure collapses on itself in a matter of seconds, minimizing the physical damage to its immediate surroundings...  1972
Ritz-Carlton Hotel Ritz-Carlton Atlantic City The Ritz-Carlton was a hotel on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey, built at the beginning of the Roaring Twenties and renowned for its luxurious appointments and famous guests. The building was converted to condominums in 1982.-Architecture:...		1921	222 ft (67.7 m)	18	Converted to apartment hotel Apartment hotel An Apartment Hotel is a serviced apartment complex that uses a hotel-style booking system. It is similar to renting an apartment, but with no fixed contracts and occupants can 'check-out' whenever they wish....  1969, now condominiums
Haddon Hall		1929	260 ft (79.2 m)	17	Known as Ocean Tower

See also

• Casinos in Atlantic City
• List of tallest buildings in Newark
• List of tallest buildings in Jersey City

External links

• View looking northwest to Marina