Statue of Libetry — © Brian Rose Resist!

La Guardia Airport, New York — © Brian Rose This is who we have become. American airports have become frightening places. On Tuesday, a man was held and questioned for an hour attempting to enter the United States. He had visited Iran three years before. His passport indicated that he was no less than the […]

Point of View, by James West (2006), Pittsburgh — © Brian Rose George Washington and the Seneca chief Guyasuta stare into each others eyes above Pittsburgh — wearing pussy hats, of course.

As a proud alumnus of Cooper Union, my appeal to the administration for a statement regarding President’s Trump’s immoral and unconstitutional executive order: We urgently need a statement from Cooper (Laura Sparks/BoT) condemning President Trumps’s executive order against refugees and Muslims. Cooper Union has always stood for religious and racial diversity. This is a moment […]

Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City — © Brian Rose Day six.

Atlantic City — © Brian Rose Atlantic City — © Brian Rose Now baby everything dies baby that’s a fact But maybe everything that dies someday comes back Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty And meet me tonight in Atlantic City — Atlantic City, by Bruce Springsteen

Fifth Avenue, New York — © Brian Rose Williamsburg, Brooklyn — © Brian Rose Signs of the times.

Atlantic City — © Brian Rose Hail, Caesar! Atlantic City — © Brian Rose Men at some time are masters of their fates. The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings. — Shakespeare

House near Revel, currently empty casino — © Brian Rose 1963: Pauline Hill becomes executive director of the Atlantic City Housing Authority and Urban Redevelopment Agency. Under her leadership, about 80 acres of South Inlet land were razed to make way for casinos and high-rises. The project displaced more than 1,500 residents, and development never […]

Trump World’s Fair site — © Brian Rose In the 1980s and ’90s, the casinos with which Trump was associated comprised between a third and a quarter of AC’s gaming industry. The Playboy Hotel and Casino, which was founded in ’81, became the Atlantis in ’84, and went bankrupt in ’85, was acquired by Trump […]

The Revel Casino, Atlantic City — © Brian Rose Back in Atlantic City for more pictures, Joshua Cohen writes in n+1 Magazine (http://tiny.cc/9oriiy): I FOUND MYSELF — America finds itself now — at the very end of the Boardwalk. The very end of this immigrant’s midway lined with cheap thrills and junk concessions, pulsating with […]

Trump Plaza, Atlantic City — © Brian Rose Trump Plaza and the three other casinos he once owned are now shuttered, but his presence hovers over everything here in Atlantic City. To such an extent, that one group wants to build a Trump museum. As an example of the possible impact of a museum, Fox […]

Atlantic City — © Brian Rose We are back in Atlantic City on a relatively balmy Friday in January, The Trump Taj Mahal may be closed, but a carved elephant still points the way to the “8th wonder of the world.” Atlantic City — © Brian Rose Kirkorov’s wide-eyed enthusiasm for the Republican candidate goes […]

Brooklyn Bridge — © Brian Rose To an unseen and shrouded shore — 2017.

Atlantic City — © Brian Rose I walked out on the beach opposite Ceasar’s and Playground Pier (originally the Million Dollar Pier), and took several pictures of the huge wall of signs attached to the troubled mall. A new investor recently bought the highly leveraged pier for $2.5 million and hopes to attract a younger […]

Atlantic Avenue, Atlantic City — © Brian Rose (Republican mayor) Guardian said: “If we go bankrupt, it’s because the governor will drive us into bankruptcy. It will not be an Atlantic City bankruptcy, it will be a (Republican governor) Christie bankruptcy.”  — Philly.com Atlantic Avenue, Atlantic City — © Brian Rose  

Abandoned Trump Plaza — © Brian Rose I’ll tell you, it’s big business. If there is one word to describe Atlantic City, it’s big business. Or two words – big business. — Donald J. Trump Trump Plaza poking up above Boardwalk Hall — © Brian Rose During Prohibition, Atlantic City created the idea of the […]

Trump Plaza — © Brian Rose Trump’s wall in Atlantic City. (Reuben) Kramer shows us the shuttered Trump Plaza, which will likely be torn down. It is one of four casinos that closed in 2014, representing a third of Atlantic City’s gaming halls. Trump’s name has been removed from the Trump Plaza facade. Only the […]