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Fun facts about Atlantic City, Wildwood, Cape May, New Jersey Shore

New Jersey Fun Facts

At the age of 11, Fred Astaire, the dancing extraordinaire, made his stage debut in Keyport's Old Palace Theater.
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show was occasionally staged in Long Branch at Seven President's Oceanfront Park in the 1800s. Buffalo Bill Cody, Sioux Chief Sitting Bull, and Annie Oakley all spent time there.
Before getting into acting, TV and film star Danny DeVito was an Asbury Park hairdresser.
Wildwood beaches expand by up to 100 feet in a single year; they are some of the only beaches on the East Coast where the shoreline is not diminishing.
In July 1960, Chubby Checker first introduced “the twist” dance craze at the Rainbow Club in Wildwood.

The first Miss America pageant took place in Atlantic City in 1921 and the city hosted the event until 2005. Boardwalk Hall (formerly called Convention Hall), where the pageant was held, currently contains the world's largest pipe organ.
“The Chaperone” Seinfeld episode, where Jerry mistakenly kills Miss Rhode Island's doves for her magic act in the Miss America pageant, is partially based in Atlantic City.
All of the street names from the Monopoly board game are in Atlantic City except one: Marvin Gardens (actually spelled Marven Gardens) is located in Margate.
Millions and millions of dollars are won in Atlantic City's casinos in an average day. Needless to say, chances are that more money is usually lost on any given day.
The Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort in Atlantic City has four and a half times more steel than the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

Cape May was a popular Victorian (19th century) vacation spot. The swimming customs at Cape May were quite different than they are today: Men and women had different swim hours, women wore dresses and shoes in the water, men wore woolen shorts and shirts, and women did not go too far out in the water and had to be careful to hold on to safety ropes—such delicate creatures!
The Promenade, which is now decorated with bikinis and swim trunks, used to be site reserved for respectable walks along the beach, and men and women would all wear their finest of clothing—suits and ties for the men and stockings, bonnets, and gloves for the women.