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ATLANTIC CITY - Myron Lively strolled past the shuttered Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino reliving a bit of his past.
In the early days of the city s casino industry, Lively was a waiter and his fiancée was a blackjack dealer at the Plaza.
Today, she s a city school teacher and he is barber at a shop just a short jaunt down the Boardwalk from the former Trump Plaza, which closed in 2014.
On Feb. 17, the tallest Plaza tower will become a memory, too. The planned implosion of the once-iconic tower at the center of the Boardwalk will mark the end of the Trump era in this shore town.
Implosion of former Trump Plaza casino pushed to Feb. 17, AC mayor says
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The building which formerly housed the Trump Plaza casino is set to be imploded on Feb. 17.
ATLANTIC CITY - The implosion of a dilapidated Atlantic City casino formerly owned by Donald Trump has been rescheduled for Feb 17 at 9 a.m., Mayor Marty Small announced during a Thursday press conference.
The implosion which would have brought down the former Trump Plaza Casino was set for Tuesday, but scrapped after the city received a cease-and-desist letter from conservative billionaire and building owner Carl Icahn.
The demolition recently became a fundraiser to benefit the Boy s & Girls Club of Atlantic City. Mayor Marty Small had hoped the fundraiser would raise more than $1 million.
An auction house seeking bids to blow up a former casino once owned by President Donald Trump has canceled the effort after receiving a cease-and-desist letter from conservative billionaire Carl Icahn.