Last year, pieces of the 39-story tower’s concrete and stucco facade rained down on the Atlantic City sidewalk, leading city officials to cordon off the area around the crumbling building and install security guards to direct foot traffic. This morning, the Alan Lapidus-designed complex was razed, though the auction to hit the trigger was canceled by the building’s billionaire owner, Carl Icahn.
A year after Atlantic City, New Jersey, officials declared the crumbling Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino a public safety hazard, both towers of the building, which opened in 1984 but has sat vacant since September 2014, has finally come down.
