On a lead-gray day last week, Lesley Kittler of Fair Lawn, New Jersey, drove to this city by the sea to play a little poker, maybe try her luck on the slot machines, too.

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But soon enough, she found herself staring into the hollowed casino legacy of Donald Trump.

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As a cut-to-bone wind swept off the choppy Atlantic and across a mostly deserted boardwalk, Kittler took in the ragged remains of the former Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino. The casino’s tower was blown up on Wednesday – an event Atlantic City saw as a tourist attraction and moneymaker, with spectators buying viewing spots at a nearby airport for $10 a car.

The song evokes the widespread uncertainty regarding gambling during its early years in Atlantic City and its promises to resurrect the city, as well as the young man's uncertainty about taking the less-than-savory job: 'Everything dies, baby, that's a fact, but maybe everything that dies someday comes back.' On a lead-gray day last week, Lesley Kittler of Fair Lawn, New Jersey, drove to this city by the sea to play a little poker, maybe try her luck on the slot machines, too. But soon enough, she found herself staring into the hollowed casino legacy of Donald Trump. As a cut-to-bone wind swept off the choppy Atlantic and across a mostly deserted boardwalk, Kittler took in the ragged remains of the.

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“It’s exciting,” said Kittler, 41, a former Mary Kay cosmetics saleswoman. “But it’s like a piece of history, a piece of life, is going down the tubes.”