astroland
The rocket returns! Last night, the rocket was trucked into Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park. (Photo by Charles Denson, Coney Island History Project)For the first time in five years, the most prominent symbol of Coney Island’s Astroland – the amusement park’s iconic rocket ship – has returned to the
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The Coney Island History Project and Urban Neighborhood Services are hosting a slideshow presentation by Charles Denson titled “The History of Coney Island’s West End and the Presence and Contributions of African Americans in Coney Island from the 1600s to the Present.”The slideshow will feature never-before-seen images from
astrotower
The Astrotower may be nothing more than a 5-foot stump [/astrotower-demolished/] , but Coney Island lovers will forever remember it as the swaying, 270-foot tower to the stars that it once was. NY Curbed [http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2013/07/26/remembering_coney_islands_astrotower_now_gone_for_good.php]
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Source: Thirsty Girl ProductionsIt’s time to get your history on and tap into your databank of Coney Island trivia during the Second Annual History Day at Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park and The Coney Island History Project, tomorrow, August 11 (rain date: August 12), from 1:00 to 6:
amusements
Source: Wikimedia CommonsOnce upon a time, long before Thor Equities, the Coney Island Cyclone, and even before Rabbi Abraham Abraham [/brooklyn-mourns-the-loss-of-rabbi-abraham-abraham/] came into the world, there was Dreamland [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamland_(amusement_park)], an aptly-named Coney Island amusement park, which served as one of the area’s
albert family
(Photo courtesy of Coney Island History Project [http://www.coneyislandhistory.org]) …carnival barking, that is. We love to take a bite into a little nostalgia, especially when it involves our sister neighborhood, Coney Island. How many of you can remember the days of Coney Island when it was the newborn