![]() Sandy's high winds and floodwaters did devastate scores of homes and businesses in Atlantic City, especially around the Back Bay areas, but along the oceanfront, a dune restoration project protected most of the boardwalk and the shops, restaurants, casinos and hotels on it. "The pictures on the TV made it look worse," Lyons adds. "What I heard during the storm over there was just like the boardwalk was all torn up and there was sand in the street," Cody says. "Conditions down here are a lot better than I thought they would be," says Ed Cody, a visitor from Philadelphia, who along with his fiancee, Cheryl Lyons, was making a midweek getaway. Now city and tourism officials are trying to draw people back. ![]() Rumors of the demise of Atlantic City's boardwalk were greatly exaggerated - only a small part was damaged.
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