Landmark brings back memories

WHEN I read that the Steel Pier in Atlantic City is closing, it brought a tear to my eye and lump to my throat [“Atlantic City Landmark to Close,” Travel Log, Sept. 24]. It took me back to my youth.

I grew up in Philadelphia in the days before air conditioning. The summers were very humid, and even families of modest means fled to Atlantic City for the ocean breezes for a few weeks. The ‘40s were not the most prosperous times but we did have fun. We waited for an overcast day at the beach, packed a lunch, rushed to Steel Pier before the admission prices changed at noon, and entered an unbelievable fairyland for a daylong escape to a world of varied entertainment.

Doesn’t Donald Trump have a sense of nostalgia? Yes, I am sad, but I have my memories.

MARJORIE PRESSMAN

Beverly Hills