amusements

Jul
18

Owner Of Coney Island’s Shore Theater Snubs All Proposals To Reactivate Landmarked Site

Source: Alexander Rabb/FlickrThe owner of the landmarked Shore Theater has been declining all proposals to rehabilitate and reactivate the
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Jun
12

Green-Wood Cemetery Historian Seeks Support For Exhibit On Coney Island Amusement Pioneer

The Mangels shooting gallery now in operation at Coney Island USA (Source: CIUSA/Facebook)Green-Wood Cemetery historian Jeff Richman is
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Aug
21

NY Aquarium Unveils Designs For New “Ocean Wonders: Sharks!” Exhibit

A rendering for “Ocean Wonders: Sharks!”After we reported to you back in 2010 [/ny-aquarium-to-rock-new-facility-more-teeth/] that the New York City
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Nov
11

Construction Begins At Coney Island’s New Steeplechase Plaza

A rendering of Steeplechase Plaza by Coney Island Development Corp.Looks like the big red parachute jump in Coney Island
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May
24

Historic Dreamland Tours: Get Your Freak On!

Source: Wikimedia CommonsOnce upon a time, long before Thor Equities, the Coney Island Cyclone, and even before Rabbi Abraham Abraham
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Nov
16

EDC Issues Coney Island Request for Proposals

On Friday, NYC Economic Development Corporation sent out its request for proposals (RFP) for amusement operators on the shiny new
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