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Coney Island Lost A Good Friend: RIP Andy Badalamenti

Posted in Amusement ride, In Memoriam, News, tagged , , , , , on July 27, 2011 | 23 Comments »

Coney Island lost a good friend on Monday. Andy Badalamenti, who operated such legendary rides as the Tornado and the Bobsled, and lived in the house under the Thunderbolt roller coaster when he worked as its caretaker, died on Monday after battling cancer. “Coney Island was Andy’s life and obsession,” wrote Charles Denson, in a [...]

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Video: Coney Island: Secrets of the Universe by Charles Denson

Posted in film, video, tagged , , , , , on January 27, 2011 | 5 Comments »

Historian Charles Denson’s “Coney Island: Secrets of the Universe” is both eloquent and enigmatic. When the six-minute short premiered at the Coney Island Film Festival in September, the program notes read: “Coney’s iconic cosmology comes into play when a mysterious crypto-governmental force seeks domination of the island. Secrets of the Universe probes Coney Island’s hyper-mythological [...]

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Photo of the Day: Coney Island in Greenwich Village

Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged , , , , , , on January 30, 2010 | 2 Comments »

ATZ spotted these classic images of the Astroland Rocket atop Gregory & Paul’s roof and the Cyclone roller coaster in a shop window on Sixth Avenue at 12th in Greenwich Village. As we framed our shot, a couple walked by and the man sang out “Astroland!” We sang back: “Coney Island opens for the season [...]

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