Work began this week to make the site of Lucy the Elephant accessible to more visitors with the demolition of its 50-year-old gift shop.

A light show lit up Lucy the Elephant during an unveiling ceremony n Margate, NJ on Wednesday, December 28, 2022. America’s oldest roadside attraction reopened after $2.4 million in restorations.

The renovation of the Jersey Shore icon was once a $1.4 million, eight-month project. Now, it's grown into a $2.3 million, 14-month project, officials said.

Lucy the Elephant just felt the sting of a DOGE cut in funding, a $500,000 discretionary fund gifted by Sen. Cory Booker last August. The six-story elephant-shaped building was constructed in 1882 ...

At 139, Lucy the Elephant is still a hit. Here's the story of how the six-story wooden pachyderm came to be and avoided demolition to become a Jersey Shore icon. At 139, ... In Wildwood, Morey’s Piers ...

So far, well over $100,000 has been raised and the committee plans to put out another call for donors during the holiday season, said Helfant. Lucy the Elephant, as the Margate attraction appeared ...