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Video of the Day: “IT Girl” Clara Bow in Coney Island

Posted in film, video, tagged , , , on August 16, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Brooklyn-born silent screen star Clara Bow was known as “The Brooklyn Bonfire” and “The ‘IT’ Girl.” What is IT? “Self-confidence and indifference as to whether you are pleasing or not and something in you that gives the impression that you are not at all cold,” explained Elinor Glyn, whose novel was the basis for the [...]

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Games: Where You Can Play Vintage Pinball Year Round

Posted in Amusement Game, tagged , , , , on August 15, 2011 | 5 Comments »

Back in May, I visited Asbury Park on assignment for Games Magazine to write a feature on the Silver Ball Museum Arcade and Pinball Hall of Fame. This year-round mecca for pinball wizards and wannabes is a great day trip via NJ Transit from Penn Station. A $20 wristband lets you play all day. Silver [...]

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Photo of the Day: Across the Street from the Cyclone

Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged , , , on August 8, 2011 | 4 Comments »

This surreal window display is across the street from the Coney Island Cyclone. Located on the north side of Surf Avenue, where the original Luna Park was in business until 1944, the shop is sandwiched between furniture stores that are forever having going out of business sales. If the days of furniture stores named after [...]

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