Pinnacle Atlantic City, American holding company
Pinnacle Atlantic City is an unfinished hotel and casino tower located along the New Jersey waterfront, a short walk from the Atlantic City Boardwalk. The building consists entirely of an exposed concrete frame, with no exterior cladding, windows, or interior finishes installed.
The project was first announced in 2006 as a large casino-hotel development, and groundwork began in 2008. Construction stopped when the financial crisis hit, and the site has not been developed further since.
The unfinished tower has become part of how people read Atlantic City today, sitting visibly between working casinos and the ocean. Locals and visitors alike tend to notice it from the Boardwalk, where it stands as an open reminder of a plan that never moved forward.
The site is closed to the public and there is no entry to the building itself. Good views of the frame are possible from the Boardwalk or from the streets that run along the waterfront side of the structure.
Though the building has stood unfinished for well over a decade, no serious effort to demolish or restart the project has moved forward, making it a rare example of a frozen construction site within an active resort area. Photographers visit specifically to see the raw concrete frame up close, since the open structure reveals what is normally hidden inside a finished high-rise.
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