Pacific Avenue, Atlantic City — © Brian Rose

A little piece of pre-casino Atlantic City on Pacific Avenue. I found myself talking to an older man coming out of a convenience store. I told him what I was doing — about how I was photographing the city and the legacy of failure left by Donald Trump. He said Trump didn’t pay his bills and thousands of people lost their jobs.

He said that he used to deliver sandwiches to Frank. Frank? Frank Sinatra. He used to stay at the Sands — just to the right of the picture above — he’d usually order 25 or so sandwiches for all his pals. The Sands Casino Hotel was bought up by Carl Icahn, Trump’s business friend, and in 2007, having been milked to death, it was imploded in a grand fireworks display. It’s a vacant lot today.