The following is a list of the tallest buildings in Atlantic City.
Casino hotels dominate the skyline and are interspersed with residential highrises. 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. 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."Atlantic City casinos in midst of expansion frenzy", USA Today, July 25, 2007.
Tallest buildings
Rank Name ImageHeight Floors Year Notes 1Ocean Casino Resort572012Seventh-tallest building in New JerseyTallest building built in the 2010s 2Harrah's Waterfront Tower"Atlantic City Casinos Go From Giddy to Glum", The New York Times, March 23, 2008462008Tallest building built in the 2000s 3Hard Rock's North Tower 412008 4 MGM Tower 392008 5Borgata Hotel and Casino432003 6Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City 421990Tallest building built in the 1990s 8Jersey-Atlantic Wind Farm n/a 2005 Five wind turbines, first coastal wind farm in the United States 8 Bally's Atlantic City 381989Tallest building built in the 1980s 9 The Claridge 241930Tallest building from 1930 to 1989 aka "The Skyscraper By The Sea" 10/11 Ocean Club 341984Twin towers are tallest residential buildings 12Resorts Rendezvous Tower 27 2004 13 The Flagship Resort (estimated) 321988 14Atlantic Palace Suites 31 1986 15Harrahs Bayview Tower252002 15Wyndham Skyline Tower 30 2004 17Caesars Centurion Tower25199718Golden Nugget Atlantic City 27 198519 The Enclave 27198420Tropicana Havana Tower 33 200321Tropicana Solana Tower 32 199622Bella 27 198823Haddon Hall151929Known as Resorts Ocean Tower24 Showboat Bourbon Tower 251987Showboat closed 2014, reopened 2016.
Timeline of tallest buildings
+NameImageHeight ft mFloorsYears tallestAbsecon Light171 ft (52 m)171854-1857The Blenheim160 ft (49 m)121902-1906Traymore Hotel220 ft (67 m)191915-1921Ritz-Carlton Hotel222 ft (68 m)181921-1929Haddon Hall260 ft (79 m)151929-1930The Claridge370 ft (110 m)241930-1990Bally's Atlantic City380 ft (120 m)381989-1990Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City 430 ft (130 m)411990-2003Borgata430 ft (130 m)432003-2008Harrah's Atlantic City525 ft (160 m)452008-2012Ocean Resort Casino718 ft (220 m)572012-present
Old tallest buildings
Name Image Year built Heightft / m Floors NotesAbsecon Light 1854–185717First lit 1857, deactivated 1933.Still in operation, it is no longer an official navigational aid.The Blenheim1902-0612One world's earliest and largest reinforced concrete buildings when builtBuilding implosion 1979Traymore Hotel191519Building implosion 1972Ritz-Carlton Hotel192118Converted to apartment hotel 1969, now condominiumsHaddon Hall192915Known as Resorts Ocean Tower
See also Casinos in Atlantic City Gambling in New Jersey
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