horace bullard

Jul
14
Sketches Show Developer Plans To Convert Landmarked Shore Theater Into Hotel

Sketches Show Developer Plans To Convert Landmarked Shore Theater Into Hotel

The Shore Theater at the corner of Stillwell and Surf avenues in Coney Island. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)The
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Jan
22
EXCLUSIVE: Pye Properties Confirms Purchase Of Landmarked Shore Theater

EXCLUSIVE: Pye Properties Confirms Purchase Of Landmarked Shore Theater

The Shore Theater at 1301 Surf Avenue. (Photo: Luca Vanzella [https://www.flickr.com/photos/vanz/3097815498/in/photolist-5HK7C3] / Flickr)
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Sep
30
City Moves To Seize Vacant Coney Island Lots Using Eminent Domain

City Moves To Seize Vacant Coney Island Lots Using Eminent Domain

The new Thunderbolt is located on a publicly owned slice of land adjacent to its former location, which now a
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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
16

The Thunderbolt Is Now Open, And Here’s A Point-Of-View Video Showing What It’s Like To Ride Shotgun

I was really hoping to be among the first riders of the new Thunderbolt roller coaster [/thunderbolt-roller-coaster-looks-to-rock-coney-island/], which finally opened
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Mar
11

Zamperla Breaks Ground On Thunderbolt Roller Coaster

Source: ZamperlaConey Island’s newest amusement tycoons, Central Amusement International (a.k.a. Zamperla USA), broke ground on the Thunderbolt
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Jun
20

As Coney Island Transforms, Visionary Horace Bullard Is Remembered

Horace Bullard (Source: coneyislandhistory.org)Anyone who takes a trip to Coney Island these days can see how the boardwalk
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Mar
07

Coney Island Thunderbolt Site For Sale… Again

The Thunderboltin 1995. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)The Thunderbolt site, once home to the famed Coney Island roller coaster built in
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