Are they kidding? The storied Knife and Fork Inn at the oddly shaped 45-degree angled intersection of Atlantic and Pacific Avenues in Atlantic City is at least as distinctive for its iconic location a block from the Ocean as its Flemish architecture. It's where Burt Lancaster took Susan Sarandon for lunch in the great Louis Malle movie Atlantic City ("...Yeah, you should have seen the Atlantic Ocean in those days...") The restaurant's own website cites its location as part of what makes it as much of a landmark as Lucy the Elephant. Hmm. Lucy had a big old famous move one time too, a few blocks to its current location. Casino developers (who else) planning a new project at Albany Avenue and the Boardwalk want to up and move the Knife & Fork a block away. Knife & Fork owner Frank Doughtery is just glad the developers, who have an option to buy the restaurant in 2009, don't want to just tear it down. But will it be the same at the more prosaic intersection of Hartford and Atlantic? Is there no way to make this iconic landmark a part of the new gateway? City Council gave developers the green light earlier this month. The developers also want to relocate the World War I Monument, which sits in the middle of the Albany Avenue traffic circle and is virtually inaccessible to pedetrians, to a park across the street.

That makes more sense, as the war monument is impressive, if only you could didn't have to cling to it to avoid being hit by a car as you peer inside.
ADDENDUM: The always wise and helpful Dan Heneghan at the Casino Control Commission writes to point out that the monument is not literally "in the middle of a traffic circle." About 15 years ago, streets were aligned to allow one side/arc of it, the inlet side basically, to link up with a little park with benches along Atlantic Avenue.
Dan gives these instructions for visiting:
"You can park along Atlantic Ave, right across from Knife and Fork, stroll through the park, walk right up to the monument, go inside and admire the statue. I've done it. Didn't have to dodge cars at all. Take your kids, as long as you don't mind them seeing a statue of Liberty in the nude. .. I still don't think it's in the middle of a traffic circle. To drive around the monument if you are coming in on Albany Ave., you have to go all the way down to Atlantic Ave. and the Knife and Fork. Turn left on Atlantic and drive up two blocks to Providence and make another left. Then turn left on Capt. O'Donnell Pky to return to Albany Ave. To drive around the monument, you have to drive around a triangular park that's two blocks long."
Still, how many people can honestly say they've stopped off at the World War I monument, or even noticed the thing, on their way to or from, the Hilton?