The Claridge Hotel in Atlantic City

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dc.creatorBeards, Daniel E.
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-31T13:21:26Z
dc.date.available2024-07-31T13:21:26Z
dc.date.issued2009-09-02
dc.descriptionThe most famous and by far the grandest of Atlantic City�s illustrious hotels was the Claridge Hotel. The 24-story hotel opened in 1930, during the Great Depression. General Electric provided the Fountain of Light that was in the center of Brighton Park, in front of the Claridge, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the invention of the light bulb by Thomas Edison. During the Boardwalk Empire era, the Claridge was known as the �Skyscraper By the Sea� because of its Manhattan -esque design and height of 370 feet. It was also the first and only hotel to have running hot and cold, fresh and saltwater, as saltwater was believed to have health-giving properties
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10929/137781
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dc.subjectThe Claridge Hotel
dc.subjectThe Skyscraper By the Sea
dc.subjectBrighton Park
dc.subjectAtlantic City
dc.subjectAtlantic County
dc.subjectCasinos
dc.subjectResort Hotels
dc.subjectA Summer Place
dc.subjectAbsecon Island
dc.subjectSouthern Jersey Shore
dc.subjectThe Jersey Shore
dc.subjectThe Shore
dc.subjectJersey Shore
dc.subjectNew Jersey
dc.subjectNJ
dc.subjectJersey
dc.subjectThe Garden State
dc.titleThe Claridge Hotel in Atlantic City

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