After a couple of cold, dull and overcast days (yesterday it snowed most of the day), it was great to see the sun come up in such a lovely blaze of colour this morning!
My plan for this morning was to visit the Boardwalk Hall - a huge Art Deco building on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, built in the 1920’s to accommodate crowds of up to 40,000 under its curved roof.
It is an extraordinary building - now modernized inside and with a reduced capacity of around 15,000 it retains some original features - most importantly it is home to the world’s largest pipe organ. I toured the hall and visited the organ chambers with a member of the Organ Restoration Committee - more about that another day.
In front of the hall on the Boardwalk there are reminders that it still hosts the Miss America pageant each September..
I walked over the dunes onto the beach..
It definitely looked more inviting in the sunshine and even though the temperature was still -5C, it was easier to imagine it in summer.
My last port of call before leaving Atlantic City to meet David was the historic Absecon Lighthouse. Built in 1854 it is the third largest masonry built lighthouse in the US. Unfortunately it wasn’t open to visitors today. It marks - from quite a few hundred yards back from the coast - the Absecon Inlet at the north end of the city.
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