"City by the Sea" - short doc about 1990's Atlantic City , Trump and his Taj Mahal Hotel/Casino

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"City by the Sea" - short doc about 1990's Atlantic City , Donald Trump and the grand opening of hs Taj Mahal Hotel/Casino that year.
Student film first created in 1990 about the impact of gambling in Atlantic City around the time of the opening of the Taj Mahal Hotel/Casino built by Donald Trump in the late 20th Century. Told thru the eyes of then 85-year old Adolph Raske, a long-time Atlantic City NJ resident, and my maternal grandfather.
Although I know Atlantic City had a dark history, I had no idea how complex until it's 1920's era was portrayed by Scorsese's amazing "Boardwalk Empire" series 20 years after I shot this study.
Stay tuned for an extended cut with never-seen before footage, including the opening of the Atlantic City Taj Mahal in 1990!!
By the way, this documentary was referenced in a 2016 Slate.com article during the now-historic 2016 US Presidential Election which put Donald Trump in the (other) White House - the White House in DC. As the old-timers told me in 1990 - "Who Knew?"
Here's a link:
slate.com/news-and-politics/2...
Produced, photographed, sound recorded and edited by Scott Sheckman with help of fellow Temple U classmates credited at the end of the film, and my family.
(C) 1990 Scott Sheckman (SheckStream Productions) and Temple University.
(C) 1990-2019 SheckStream Productions and Scott Sheckman. All rights reserved. Please contact me at scott(at)isheck.net for anything related. Thanks!

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@TheJackieo2006 9 лет назад

Excellent portrayal of the decline of Atlantic City. Born & raised in AC, I know what it was & what it has become, a mess. Sad to see the city looking so poorly.

@juanshaftpatel7488 2 года назад

too many blks

@multitieredinvestor183 3 года назад

Greed killed Atlantic City! No industry there as hotel owners wanted to keep cheap labor. Casinos only extended the time before it’s demise. Lived there 1948- 1969. Went to (ACHS) with Vince Vola. I was the Steel Pier’s official photographer 1961-62. Maybe two churches still operate there. St. Michael’s only one that has daily masses.

@jewgirl952 7 лет назад

I was there back then and was against casinos coming in, because I knew the casinos would not do anything for the residents, but be all for the casino owners.

@1wwtom 7 лет назад

All because of NJs horrific Property Tax rete. The casinos arguably caused the appraised values of the other properties to go up so the people's taxes went up. I live in MD but my Dad's side of the family is all in NJ and I find the Property Taxes there just incredible.

@tippydog5057 7 лет назад

I was born in 1972 in Atlantic City and it is very sad to see what happened to it. Joel m love

@FredChristianImpact 8 месяцев назад

Born in A.C. in 1970 Saw The Old Boardwalk and New A.C. As A Kid ....Great Film Wish it was in Color though ..Sad How It Looks

@joelmcgrath9745 7 лет назад

Bottom line corrupt politicians

@paulsuprono7225 4 года назад

'To be, or not to be . . . that inevitably, was NOT the question. Atlantic City, once again, must rebirth . . . to remain a significance ! 🇺🇸

@mikesmusicbox1294 4 года назад

Love it. Thanks for posting.

@anthonylarocco7415 4 года назад

Always enjoyed watching this. I love the old man. Wonder if the filmmaker can provide more info about him. I'm certain he has passed on by now

@scottsheckman3161 4 года назад

Hello Anthony - thanks for the kind comment. The old man in this doc is my maternal grandfather, Adolph Raske, who received that classic but discontinued first name from his parents long before WW2, actually, well before WW1, as he was born in 1905. He passed in the late 1990's at over 90 years of age. In this film (circa 1990), he's about 85 and in better shape than me today! Raised in Philly (I believe he was born there), Adolph lived in Atlantic City for about 30 years since the early 1960's with my Grandmother (during the warm months), and like many from their generation, spent the worse of the NE wintertime in Miami Beach for over 25 years starting in the late 1960's.

@paulsuprono7225 4 года назад

He's probably six feet under, watching the charade ! 😤

@paulsuprono7225 4 года назад

@@scottsheckman3161 One must always reminisce, about those 'Good ol' Days' ! Without them . . . we wouldn't have a guide, towards our desired future !

@kapo2012fb 2 года назад

I love ac... this was taped during the crack era that. . But in 1990 most cities looked like that

@richardnunez3474 7 лет назад

sheckstream omg where did u find this incredible video. i lived in AC from 86-92 as a kid and teenager. this video brought back some great memories. thank you.

@scottsheckman3161 7 лет назад

Thanks Richard. Glad you appreciated and it brought back memories.. I actually made the video myself in 1990....mostly on 16mm film! A project for my film studies courses at Temple U in Philly. I had to keep this cut

@Guitarz1970 8 лет назад

I like it. Cool video.

@TheGuitarmonkey67 4 года назад

looks like 1960's time to me

@Perservere 4 года назад

Awesome Video!

@sheckstream 4 года назад

Thank you! If interested in more from 1990, please see City by the Sea II (same channel) for a long audio tag I recently found and can eventually montage with images - grand opening of the Trump Taj Mahal around the same time as making this doc.

@Perservere 4 года назад

Thanks!

@Elvinspipe 7 лет назад

How about the cold December days when the wind would blow hard........and you could hear the cables slamming on the Sky Tower.

@michaelnebbia7901 5 лет назад

@sheckstream Great film...love it! Did you ever release the extended cut you mentioned in description?

@scottsheckman3161 5 лет назад

Thanks for watching and the compliment - glad you appreciate the film. I haven't had a chance to make an extended cut- would love to re-transfer all the 16mm to HD digital - the first and last time it was transferred was almost 30 years ago to analog VHS and then to basic digital in the early 2000's. But I could make a low-rez extended digital montage with all I have - just have to find a way to make it seem current, after all the lead subject matter - Trump (who was king of AC for a while) - is now the POTUS! I don't think anyone in AC1990 would believe the news of 2019 if I was able to time travel.

@michaelnebbia7901 5 лет назад

@@scottsheckman3161 Yes, if you were a time traveler and started talking about Trump being POTUS they would lock you up. Are you still in the film/video business? What ever happened to your friend who lead you around the city...I don't believe his name was mentioned or his relation to you.

@scottsheckman3161 5 лет назад

Hi Micheal - you're probably right - the everday AC1990 people (residents and tourists) would think I was insane if I said DJT would be POTUS in 25 years...But I think some NY'ers were talking about that way back when.... I'm not in the "biz" these days except as a researcher for some oldies/goldies calling from beyond, but had some decent time in formal Hollywood 1990-2006. It was an ye-opening experience to say the least. Our tour guide/narrator is my grandfather on my mom's side, Adolph Raske (just caught a typo in the text desc of the video, I'll have to tweak). Back in 1990, it was very difficult to add subtitles of who and where, as we see so much today on news/docs, but that's a lot easier today if I create a new montage and add "where are they today" cards. But I've come to discover via releasing on RU-vid that in my childhood affinity for pure cinema, there are enough clues in the film about the people and places, for those who want to watch carefully and pause when necessary. I think my favorite clue is the quick pan in the kitchen were we see a sign "Adolph's Kitchen". In hindsight and now as a mature adult, I'm amazed my grandparents found something like that and felt OK to put on the fridge, albeit it was a common name for males born before the end of WW2 (my pop-pop was born Jewish circa 1905 in the USA to European immigrants, like millions of others).

@mankeyismyfriend 9 лет назад

interesting..

@SMOKETR108 3 года назад

This is where i live now but the apt #2

@williamrogers7974 Год назад

27 Georgia Ave. Lil Nicky and crazy Phil

@sonnyd.4661 5 лет назад

Is the narrator in the beginning of the video Seth Grossman?

@scottsheckman3161 5 лет назад

Maybe! I have to go check my notes and what little I have on camera of the narrator at the top (think it was an interview at city hall area)....it was a long time ago, film student project.

@sonnyd.4661 4 года назад

Joe Copa Seth is a good guy.

@chinobermejo7649 4 года назад

That city was very old back then???in the 1900

@Lt_Vester 2 месяца назад

What the hell is Trump Regency?

@scottsheckman3161 19 дней назад

I found this....in short, the 3rd incarnation of what started as the Playboy Hotel and Casino in AC. Trump took it over circa 1989. I was in AC several years ago and saw it all gone, back the footprint of sand and grass. Eary....and so was the demolition of Trump Plaza more recently....I was in AC as that was closing - didn't think it would happen my lifetime, those bldgs looks made to stay, but maybe it's just the way it goes with new construction - 30 years seems to be a good run via the RE world. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_World%27s_Fair