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
2	Harrahs Waterfront Tower[7][8][9]		525 ft (160 m)	45	2008
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)	38	2008
5	Borgata Hotel and Casino[15]		430 ft (130 m)	43	2003[16]
6	Trump Taj Mahal Casino Hotel[17][18]		510 ft (160 m)	51	1990	Tallest building built in the 1990s
7	Jersey-Atlantic Wind Farm		380 ft (120 m)	n/a	2005	Five wind turbines
8	Bally's Atlantic City [19][20]		490 ft (150 m)	490	1989	Tallest building built in the 1980s
9	The Claridge[21][22]		370 ft (110 m)	24	1930	Tallest building from 1930 to 1989 aka “The Skyscraper By The Sea"
10/11	Ocean Club[23][24]		360 ft (110 m)	34	1984	Twin towers are tallest residential buildings
12	Resorts Renedezvous Tower		348 ft (106 m)[25]	27	2004
13	The Flagship Resort		336.5 ft (102.6 m) (estimated)	32[26]	1988
14	Atlantic Palace Suites[27][28]		331 ft (101 m)	31	1986
15	Trump Plaza Hotel[29][30]		329 ft (100 m)	39	1984
16	Harrahs Bayview Tower		302 ft (92 m)[31]	25[32]	2002
17	Wyndham Skyline Tower[33]		302 ft (92 m)[34]	30	2004[33]
18	Caesars Centurion Tower[35][36]		299 ft (91 m)	26	1997
19	Golden Nugget Atlantic City		287 ft (87 m)	27[37]	1985
20	The Enclave		285 ft (87 m)	27[38]	1984
21	Tropicana Havana Tower		282 ft (86 m)[39][40]	33	1980
22	Tropicana West Tower		282 ft (86 m)[39][40]	32	1980
23	Bella[41][42]		272 ft (83 m)	27	1988
24	Showboat Bourbon Tower		254 ft (77 m)	25[43]	1987

Historic overview

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[44]		1902-06	160 ft (49 m)	12[45]	One world's earliest and largest reinforced concrete buildings when built Building implosion 1979[46]
Traymore Hotel[47]		1915	220 ft (67 m)	19	Building implosion 1972[48]
Ritz-Carlton Hotel[49]		1921	222 ft (68 m)	18	Converted to apartment hotel 1969, now condominiums
Haddon Hall[50]		1929	260 ft (79 m)	15	Known as Resorts Ocean Tower

See also

• Casinos in Atlantic City
• Gambling in New Jersey

References

External links

• "Graph of New Jersey's twelve tallest buildings (2010)". Star Ledger. 2010. Retrieved 2011-05-05. 
• "Atlantic City Skyscraper Diagram". Skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved 2011-05-05. 
• "Atantic City Existing Highrise Buildings". Emporis. Retrieved 2011-05-05.