La Marcus Thompson’s Gravity Switchback Pleasure Railway debuted in 1884 in Coney Island on the site where the Cyclone thrills today. Film footage doesn’t exist since the Kinetoscope wasn’t invented until the 1890s, but this documentary short by British filmmaker R.W. Paul shows patrons at an English fairground enjoying a Switchback Railway in 1898. We [...]
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Saturday Matinee: A Switchback Railway (1898)
Posted in Amusement ride, film, video, tagged La Marcus Thompson, roller coaster, roller coaster history, silent film, Switchback, Switchback Railway on April 21, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Video of the Day: Eldorado Auto Skooter at Coney Island (2011)
Posted in Amusement ride, video, tagged Auto Skooter, Bumper Cars, Coney Island, Eldorado, Gordon Lee, Scott Fitlin, Sheila Buxbaum Fitlin on March 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re feeling nostalgic for the Eldorado Auto Skooter and yearn to go for the first ride of the year, this HD video will intensify those feelings. Please be patient and send positive vibes to 1218 Surf Avenue in Coney Island. On Tuesday we talked again with Gordon Lee, who operated the bumper cars and [...]
ATZ Review: Love Never Dies in a Phantasmal Coney Island
Posted in film, video, tagged Andrew Lloyd Webber, Coney Island, Love Never Dies, musical, Phantom of the Opera, review, theater on March 7, 2012 | 3 Comments »
In 2010, when Love Never Dies premiered in London and was expected to open in New York, our first thought was the sequel to Phantom of the Opera would bring tourists to Coney Island, where the musical is set. Imagine people coming out of a Broadway theater humming “The Coney Island Waltz” and being lured [...]
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