Tag: Plaza Hotel
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Dominick Oliveto
Dominick Oliveto became involved in the numbers game, likely around 1927 while still working as a shipper and would become associated with Marco Reginelli.
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Marco Reginelli
By June 1940, Marco Reginelli had established himself as a prominent figure in organized crime circles in Camden and South Jersey.
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The Hotel Plaza
The Hotel Plaza was built at Fifth and Cooper Street in 1927, and was originally called the Plaza Club Hotel.
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Alice Burdsall
ALICE BURDSALL was born in Pennsylvania around 1873. First appointed a teacher in Camden in 1908, she rented room from Sarah Wescott of 108 Broadway at the time of the 1910 census. Her next door neighbor at 106 Broadway was undertaker Joseph H. Murray. She later roomed with Clara Dibble of 559 Washington Street. When…
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In a Faded City, Plans to Build a Hotel Build Hope
The old Plaza Hotel downtown is a tomb, sealed shut for more than 20 years now, it’s windows shattered and its green marquee worn and stripped of letters.
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Miss Alice Burdsall, Retired Teacher
Miss Alice Burdsall, of the plaza hotel, retired camden public school teacher, died Saturday in West Jersey Hospital. In 1902 and 1903 she taught in a private school in Chippewa, New York, then taught in Audubon public schools. She was appointed a teacher in the Camden public school system on April 27, 1908, to take…
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Life Hereabouts by Charlie Humes
Down Memory Lane with that Old Gang of Yours… in a few of the years when Our Town was as good a sport town as any in the land… from the time that Taylor and Gunnis promoted fights through the years to Roxey Allen… Mickey Blair… Eddie Chaney… Shamus Maguire… Pee Wee Ross… Jackie Hindle……