Surveying Sandy’s damage and clean-up efforts in Atlantic City
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<p>A destroyed section of Boardwalk at Pacific and New Hampshire avenues. (Photography by Peter Tobia/Atlantic City Alliance)</p>
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<p>Destroyed section of the Boardwalk at Pacific and New Hampshire avenues. Photography by Peter Tobia/Atlantic City Alliance)</p>
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<p>Casino Reinvestment Development Authority workers clean up debris at Atlantic and Florida avenues. (Photography by Peter Tobia/Atlantic City Alliance)</p>
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<p>Casino Reinvestment Development Authority workers clean up debris at Atlantic and Florida avenues. (Photography by Peter Tobia/Atlantic City Alliance)</p>
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<p>The front of a dollar store is cleaned at Atlantic and Florida avenues in Atlantic City. (Photography by Peter Tobia/Atlantic City Alliance)</p>
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<p>An old bus stop was damaged by wind at Fairmont and Sovereign avenues. The city has installed 46 new bus stop structures that will withstand hurricane winds. (Photography by Peter Tobia/Atlantic City Alliance)</p>
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<p>Ambassador Dwight King with the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority talks with people out on the Boardwalk. The Boardwalk in front of the casinos was not damaged by the storm. (Photography by Peter Tobia/Atlantic City Alliance)</p>
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<p>The parking shed at Pacific and California avenues looked more like a cubicle Nov. 1. (Photography by Peter Tobia/Atlantic City Alliance)</p>
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<p>The Boardwalk by the casinos in Atlantic City weathered the storm as business remained closed. (Photography by Peter Tobia/Atlantic City Alliance)</p>
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Atlantic City beach (Peter Tobia/Atlantic City Alliance)
Hurricane Sandy was long gone by Thursday, but the havoc she wreaked remained. Photographer Peter Tobia ventured into Atlantic City to survey the damage and witness the clean-up efforts.
The city’s casinos were given permission to re-open Friday. Across the Jersey Shore, the hardest-hit towns are still in recovery mode. Many are still without power, and authorities are trying to remove the water from neighborhoods and replace the sand the fierce waves swallowed up.
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