List of tallest buildings in Atlantic City

Skyline of Atlantic City looking south

Atlantic City is the largest city on the Jersey Shore and the gambling mecca of the eastern United States.[1] Founded in 1793, the city experienced rapid growth after the completion of a rail line in the 1850s. By the 1930s the it had become a major entertainment destination, and in 1935, the classic board game Monopoly, featuring street names of the city, was published.[1]

Casino hotels dominate the skyline and are interspersed with residential highrises.[1] Prior to their construction following the legalization of gambling in the 1970s grand hotels, many built between the start of the 20th century and the Roaring Twenties, lined the Boardwalk, the first in the world.[2] 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.[3][4]

Tallest buildings

Rank Name Image Height Floors Year Notes
1 Revel Resort[5][6] 710 ft (220 m) 57 2012 2nd tallest building in New Jersey (now closed to the public)
2 Harrahs Waterfront Tower[7][8][9] 525 ft (160 m) 45 2008 Tallest building built between 2000-2010
3 Trump Taj Mahal Chairman Tower[10][11] 500 ft (150 m) 50 2008[12]
4 The Water Club at Borgata[11][13][14] 460 ft (140 m) 39 2008
5 Borgata Hotel and Casino[15] 431 ft (131 m) 43 2003
6 Trump Taj Mahal Casino Hotel[16][17] 429 ft (131 m) 51 1990 Tallest building built in the 1990s
7 Jersey-Atlantic Wind Farm 380 ft (120 m) n/a 2005 Five wind turbines, first coastal wind farm in the United States
8 Bally's Atlantic City

[18][19]

 375 ft (114 m) 37 1989 Tallest building built in the 1980s
9 The Claridge[20][21] 370 ft (110 m) 24 1930 Tallest building from 1930 to 1989

aka “The Skyscraper By The Sea"

10/11 Ocean Club[22][23] 360 ft (110 m) 34 1984 Twin towers are tallest residential buildings
12 Resorts Renedezvous Tower 348 ft (106 m)[24] 27 2004
13 The Flagship Resort 336.5 ft (102.6 m) (estimated) 32[25] 1988
14 Atlantic Palace Suites[26][27] 331 ft (101 m) 31 1986
15 Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino 321 ft (98 m) 1984
16 Harrahs Bayview Tower 302 ft (92 m)[28] 25[29] 2002
17 Wyndham Skyline Tower[30] 302 ft (92 m)[31] 30 2004[30]
18 Caesars Centurion Tower[32][33] 299 ft (91 m) 25 1997
19 Golden Nugget Atlantic City 287 ft (87 m) 27[34] 1985
20 The Enclave 285 ft (87 m) 27[35] 1984
21 Tropicana Havana Tower 282 ft (86 m)[36][37] 33 1980
22 Tropicana West Tower 282 ft (86 m)[36][37] 32 1980
23 Bella[38][39] 272 ft (83 m) 27 1988
24 Haddon Hall[40] 260 ft (79 m) 1929 Known as Resorts Ocean Tower
25 Showboat Bourbon Tower 254 ft (77 m) 25[41] 1987

Early tall buildings

Name Image Year built Height
ft / m		 Floors Notes
Absecon Light 1854–1857 171 ft (52 m) 17 First lit 1857, deactivated 1933.
Still in operation, it is no longer an official navigational aid.
The Blenheim[42] 1902-06 160 ft (49 m) 12[43] One world's earliest and largest reinforced concrete buildings when built
Building implosion 1979[44]
Traymore Hotel[45] 1915 220 ft (67 m) 19 Building implosion 1972[46]
Ritz-Carlton Hotel[47] 1921 222 ft (68 m) 18 Converted to apartment hotel 1969, now condominiums
Haddon Hall[48] 1929 260 ft (79 m) 15 Known as Resorts Ocean Tower

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Atantic City". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  2. ↑ http://www.atlanticcitynj.com/mediaonline/story_ideas_detail.aspx?NewsID=80
  3. ↑ http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/atlantic_city/christie-signs-tourism-district-bill-says-revel-casino-to-open/article_03705842-2e1e-11e0-8c75-001cc4c002e0.html
  4. ↑ "Atlantic City casinos in midst of expansion frenzy", USA Today, July 25, 2007.
  5. ↑ "Revel South Tower". Skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  6. ↑ "Revel South Tower". Emporis. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  7. ↑ "Atlantic City Casinos Go From Giddy to Glum", The New York Times, March 23, 2008
  8. ↑ "Harrahs Waterfront Tower". Emporis. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  9. ↑ "Harrahs Waterfront Tower". Sktscraperpage.com. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  10. ↑ "Trump Taj Mahal Chairman Tower". Emporis. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  11. 1 2 "Graph of New Jersey's twelve tallest buildings (2010)". Star Ledger. 2010. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  12. ↑ "Trump Taj Mahal Chairman Tower". Skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  13. ↑ "The Water Club at Borgata". Emporis. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  14. ↑ "The Water Club at Borgata". Skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  15. ↑ "Borgata Hotel and Casino". Emporis. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  16. ↑ "Trump Taj Mahal Casino Hotel". Emporis. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  17. ↑ "Trump Taj Mahal Casino Hotel". Skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  18. ↑ "Bally's Atlantic City". Emporis. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  19. ↑ "Bally's Atlantic City". Skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  20. ↑ "Claridge Atlantic City". Emporis. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  21. ↑ "Claridge Hotel". Skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  22. ↑ "Ocean Club East Tower". Emporis. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  23. ↑ "Ocean Club west Tower". Emporis. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  24. ↑ "Resorts Atlantic City Renedezvous Tower". Skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  25. ↑ "The Flagship Resort". Emporis. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  26. ↑ "Atlantic Palace Suites". Emporis. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  27. ↑ "Atlantic Palace Suites". Skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  28. ↑ "Harrahs Bayview Tower". Skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  29. ↑ "Harrahs Bayview Tower". Emporis. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  30. 1 2 "Wyndham Skyline Tower". Emporis. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  31. ↑ "Skyline Tower". Emporis. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  32. ↑ "Caesars Atlantic City Centurion Tower". Emporis. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  33. ↑ "Caesars Atlantic City Centurion Tower". Skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  34. ↑ "Golden Nugget". Emporis. Retrieved 2012-10-08.
  35. ↑ "The Enclave Condominium". Emporis. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  36. 1 2 "Tropicana Casino and Resort West Tower". Skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  37. 1 2 "Tropicana Casino and Resort West Tower". Emporis. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  38. ↑ "Bella". Emporis. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  39. ↑ "Bella". Bella Development Corp. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  40. ↑ "Atlantic City timeline". Emporis. Retrieved 2011-06-23.
  41. ↑ "Showboat Bourbon Tower". Emporis. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  42. ↑ "The Blenheim". Skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved 2011-06-23.
  43. ↑ "Beach Skyscraper Open; Marlborough-Belnheim Open--Baordwalk Crowded", The New York Times, March 14, 1906, retrieved 2011-06-23
  44. ↑ Spatz, David (October 18, 2009). "Kaboom!". Atlantic City Weekly. Retrieved 2011-06-23.
  45. ↑ "Traymore Hotel". Skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved 2011-06-23.
  46. ↑ Hallstead, William, "BIG BANG on the Boardwalk", Popular Mechanics, retrieved 2011-06-23
  47. ↑ "Ritz Carlton". Emporis. Retrieved 2011-06-23.
  48. ↑ "Atlantic City timeline". Emporis. Retrieved 2011-06-23.

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