From its founding in the 1850s through the early decades of the twenty-first century, Atlantic City succeeded and failed based on its ability to make itself in the image of the American middle class.
Groff for T he Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia)īefore Disneyland, Atlantic City was the first great middle-class resort in the nation, especially the Philadelphia region. Philadelphia, the Place that Loves You BackĮssay The Atlantic City Boardwalk, introduced in 1870, became the city’s signature attraction.
