Sentences with phrase «atlantic city history»
Icahn says that he spent $ 100 million trying to revive the Trump Taj Mahal, but was he was stymied, in part, by the longest strike in Atlantic City history, which started on July 1.
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Bryant Simon, a professor at Temple University, whose book Boardwalk of Dreams chronicles the history of Atlantic City, including Trump's business dealings there, says business owners who worked on the Taj Mahal were often paid just 10 cents to 20 cents on the dollar in the bankruptcy.
The author of Sexless in the City: A Memoir of Reluctant Chastity, she holds an M.A. in religious studies from Arizona State University and has written for The Atlantic website, Books and Culture, Paste, The Journal of the History of Sexuality, Christianity Today, Beliefnet and other publications.
But the Times, collectively, has never demonstrated the will or interest to examine Atlantic Yards in anything close to the proportion demanded by one of the biggest real - estate schemes in the history of the city.
It may seem like ancient history now, but it was only July when Roger Goodell, the commissioner of the NFL, decided to suspend Ray Rice from two games for knocking his wife unconscious in an Atlantic City casino elevator.
However, that's an odd bauble for a major Oscar player to secure; the only two films in the festival's 73 - year history to win the Golden Lion and go on to a best picture nomination are Louis Malle's «Atlantic City» and Ang Lee's «Brokeback Mountain.»
Where the Chesapeake Bay meets the Atlantic Ocean, the vibrant coastal city of Virginia Beach is home to a flourishing local culinary scene, rich history, a variety of arts and entertainment and family - friendly attractions that keeps our locals and visitors entertained year - round.
for Leadership in Museum Education from Bank Street College and has attended art programs at Massachusetts College of Art, Kansas City Art Institute, and Florida Atlantic University achieving degrees in Studio Art and Art History.
«The rich diversity of New Orleans has developed over a long history of colonization, the trans - Atlantic slave trade, waves of migration and displacement, and Gulf Coast trade routes buoyed by the city's position as the American South's largest port.
Research back in the 1980's showed that a Tunguska - sized explosion over the Atlantic would have created one of the more memorable events in recent history as the tsunami kicked up by the explosion decimated coastal cities on both sides of the ocean.