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    The visionary Dr. Jonathan Pitney of New York, together with General Enoch Doughty and railroad engineer Richard B. Osborne incorporated Atlantic City in 1854 with the intention of making it a famous resort.  Such was seen as possible due to the Camden and Amboy Railroad.  In 1870 the first boardwalk opened in the city, followed in 1882 by the first pier.  John Cunningham notes in This is New Jersey that "Atlantic City reached its prosperous peak when Wall Street collapsed." Notwithstanding a significant effort at convention trade in the 1960s (including the Democratic National Convention in 1964), Atlantic City did not begin to regain its former glory until the advent of the casinos.

    Featured here is a view of Atlantic City at night. 

        For images of the city, click on Atlantic City 1, Atlantic City 2.