Boardwalk of Dreams: Atlantic City and the Fate of Urban America by Simon, Bryant (2006) Paperback by Bryant Simon

Author:Bryant Simon [Simon, Bryant]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 0195167538
Amazon: B011DBQOSG
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1707-07-15T00:00:00+00:00

Why not, he asked, go where the people are going? “We are enclosing,” he continued, “a brochure outlining some of the development possibilities of an 80-acre beachfront tract. We hope that you will study this literature to see if a hotel development in this area would be of interest to you.”90

When no one from Canada, Germany, or Japan jumped at the opportunity to build on Pauline’s Prairie, housing officials hit the road, sending representatives to hotel and vacation conferences to wine and dine potential investors in person. At the same time, they tried to entice amusement park companies, like Six Flags and Disney, to the cleared land. When these plans didn’t work out, they considered bringing a recreational vehicle park to town.91 Again, nothing happened. Some years later, the authority produced Atlantic City: Cleared for Take-Off, an amateurish video with a tired aviation theme that bragged about the city’s low tax rates and favorable business conditions. Still there were no takers, and the land sat empty.92

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