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The Shore Theater at the corner of Stillwell and Surf avenues in Coney Island. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)The developer who purchased the landmarked Shore Theater in Coney Island earlier this year is considering converting the building into a hotel with a rooftop pool, according to sketches sent to
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The Shore Theater at 1301 Surf Avenue. (Photo: Luca Vanzella [https://www.flickr.com/photos/vanz/3097815498/in/photolist-5HK7C3] / Flickr) Rumors that Coney Island’s landmarked Shore Theater was sold to a developer triggered a tide of excitement this week that the long-neglected property would be restored to its former
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The new Thunderbolt is located on a publicly owned slice of land adjacent to its former location, which now a vacant, privately owned lot. (Photo by Bensonhurst Bean)The city is weighing plans to grab three abandoned Coney Island lots from developers by invoking the power of eminent domain, which
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Source: Alexander Rabb/FlickrThe owner of the landmarked Shore Theater has been declining all proposals to rehabilitate and reactivate the building, including one by a Manhattan restaurateur to turn it into a sprawling restaurant and culinary school. The 1301 Surf Avenue building was inherited by Jasmine Bullard following the 2013
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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 to the public after a short delay on Saturday [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2014/06/delays-coney-islands-thunderbolt-open-friday-june-6/] . Unfortunately, Father’s Day plans got in the way, dashing my dream of telling
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Source: ZamperlaConey Island’s newest amusement tycoons, Central Amusement International (a.k.a. Zamperla USA), broke ground on the Thunderbolt yesterday, the first roller coaster in more than a century at the People’s Playground to throw riders through a literal loop. The three-car coaster will hold 27 people as
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Horace Bullard (Source: coneyislandhistory.org)Anyone who takes a trip to Coney Island these days can see how the boardwalk is changing. The beach looks cleaner than ever, corporations are racing to capitalize [/coney-island-attracting-fancy-new-businesses-and-chains/] on the boardwalk and new attractions are being planned [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2013/06/take-a-virtual-ride-on-the-thunderbolt/
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The Thunderboltin 1995. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)The Thunderbolt site, once home to the famed Coney Island roller coaster built in 1920, is now up for grabs. Thunderbolt owner Horace Bullard has put it up for sale, following a failed attempt to cash in on the property last year. The former