the rix mix: Atlantic City NJ

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Atlantic City NJ

Hotel Stanley

Atlantic City is so old, so large, had so many hotels, & generated so many postcards that I could post a different one every day. I know Hotel Stanley survived into my era because it had a nine digit phone number with no letters. It was probably quite shabby by then. In the two decades before casinos, even the newer hotels & motels had the appearances of bad investments from the moment they opened.

Labels: Atlantic City, boardwalks, jersey shore, postcard

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the hotel stanley was around until the late 1970's. I worked there in 1974 and 75, and my brother worked there several years prior. we knew the owners and it was a great place, I still have friends who i keep in touch with who stayed there during the summers I worked.

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Anonymous : 3:44 AM

Thanks for the comment. The loss of these stylish hotels, in AC & all along the coast, was tragic. I was a teenager so I wasn't particularly appreciative of what I was seeing, although I knew their time was ending.

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Anonymous : 12:13 PM