Lucy the Elephant just felt the sting of a DOGE cut in funding, a $500,000 discretionary fund gifted by Sen. Cory Booker last ...

A nonprofit that opens the elephant to tours is pondering how to replace $500,000 lost to Republican-based spending cuts in ...

DOGE rescinded a $500K federal grant that would have gone towards a restoration project for Lucy the Elephant, according to ...

Back when Atlantic City was just getting started, a real estate developer built a giant wooden elephant to attract buyers to the Jersey Shore. That six-story pachyderm, Lucy, has outlasted pretty much ...

Although she sits about 5 miles southwest of Atlantic City, the drive is worth it; where else are you going to see a giant elephant? The six-story tall, 90-ton elephant has had a long history of ...

Helping them admire the building’s history and treasures inside the elephant is one of several aspects of a planned three-part, 2,200-square-foot welcome center expected to open next year.

The building then was moved several blocks to its current location, a city-owned lot at Atlantic and Decatur avenues. The now-restored elephant was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976.

In the early 1900s, the massive building was used for ... starting at noon. Lucy the Elephant is an iconic landmark just south of the Atlantic City limits. She is six stories high and guided ...