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Thor’s Coney Island: Building Plans “Disapproved” by DOB

Posted in Real Estate, Redevelopment, tagged Coney Island, Henderson Building, Joe Sitt, New Construction, Stillwell Avenue, Surf Avenue, Thor Equities on March 31, 2011 | 9 Comments »

In the words of T.S. Eliot: “April is the cruellest month…” Last April, Joe Sitt of Thor Equities announced plans to demolish the buildings he owned along Surf Avenue in Coney Island. Now when visitors step out of Stillwell Terminal, their first glimpse of Coney Island will be the blue construction fence surrounding Joe Sitt’s [...]

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Aqueduct Flea Vendors Close to Deal in Coney Island

Posted in Real Estate, Redevelopment, tagged Aqueduct flea market, Coney Island, flea market, Thor Equities on March 29, 2011 | 3 Comments »

Is Thor Equities defunct Flea by the Sea about to become Aqueduct by the Sea? The City’s and Central Amusement International’s new Scream Zone amusement park may be getting a flea market as a next-door neighbor. The buzz in Coney Island is that the vendors from the displaced Aqueduct Flea Market are prepared to lease [...]

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Rare & Vintage: Souvenir of Frank Bostock’s Coney Island

Posted in Artifacts, history, tagged Bostock Arena, Coney Island, Dreamland, first traveling carnival, Frank Bostock, paper ephemera on March 22, 2011 | 2 Comments »

We’ve been too busy to blog the past few days, much less browse on eBay. Luckily we found out about the auction of this century-old souvenir of Coney Island’s Bostock Arena via the blog ephemera. The circa 1904 tag depicts famed animal trainer and menagerist Frank C Bostock, whose show was a featured attraction at [...]

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