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Photo Album: Coney Island Reliefs by Deborah Masters

Posted in art, Photo Album, Photography, tagged , , , , , , on April 29, 2011 | 1 Comment »

See Queen Mermaid, sideshow performers, sunbathers and Cyclone riders in cast concrete on the gateway to Coney Island! On Saturday, April 30th, MTA Arts for Transit is hosting an event from 2 to 5 pm to celebrate the completion of Deborah Masters’ Coney Island Reliefs at Ocean Parkway Viaduct. The station is on the Q [...]

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Burned Coney Arcade Building Finally Being Demolished

Posted in Amusement Game, Demolition, Real Estate, tagged , on April 29, 2011 | 4 Comments »

Almost one year after the fire on May 5, 2010 that ravaged the Coney Island Arcade, the burned ruins of the building at West 12th Street and the Bowery are being prepped for demolition. On Thursday, Coney Island photographer Eric Kowalsky took these photos of the water-damaged arcade machines being removed and disposed of in [...]

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Photo of the Day: Denny’s Ice Cream & Eldorado Auto Skooter

Posted in Amusement ride, Food & Drinks, Photography, tagged , , , on April 28, 2011 | 8 Comments »

Two of Coney Island’s longtime family-owned businesses are next-door neighbors on Surf Avenue. ATZ happened to get this shot of their colorful marquees at dusk on Easter Sunday. The Eldorado, Coney Island’s Disco Palace of Bumper Cars, opened in 1973 and is owned by Sandy and Sheila Fitlin. You can read about the history of [...]

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