Trump Plaza Implosion: Did Vera Coking Get the Last Laugh?
As I watched the implosion of Trump Plaza this morning, I found myself asking the following question: did Vera Coking get the last laugh?
A brief version of Vera Coking s story reads this way she bought a house on South Columbia Place in Atlantic City back in the 1960s. A decade or so later, Bob Guccione was building the Penthouse Boardwalk Hotel and Casino and he offered her $1 million for her property, which she refused. But that didn t stop Guccione, who built a steel structure all around her house. What
Trump era in Atlantic City to end with a blast Wednesday in implosion of Trump Plaza
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Trump Plaza Implosion: Did Vera Coking Get the Last Laugh?
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Trump era in Atlantic City to end with a blast Wednesday in implosion of Trump Plaza Jim Walsh, Cherry Hill Courier-Post © Chris LaChall/Courier-Post Fencing surrounds the site of the former Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, N.J. The hotel tower of the former casino will be imploded Feb. 17.
ATLANTIC CITY – Just before the former Trump Plaza is about to be demolished might seem like a good time to assess the legacy of the casino-hotel’s onetime operator.
Only someone’s already done that, enthusiastically praising Donald Trump’s role in the gaming industry: “The Trump Organization enjoyed tremendous success in Atlantic City, and Donald Trump has been commended for the timing of his exit from this business.”