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Photo of the Day: A Sea of Runners in Coney Island

Posted in Events, Photo of the Day, Photography, tagged , , , , , , , on May 21, 2012 | 2 Comments »

Nope, this is not the warm up for Nathan’s Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest, though it’s the same corner. Stillwell Avenue was a sea of runners after Saturday’s Brooklyn Half Marathon, which is turning into a huge crowd-pleaser for Coney Island. New York Road Runners called it “The Race to the World’s Most [...]

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Photo of the Day: Space Shuttle Over Coney Island’s Parachute Jump

Posted in Photo of the Day, Photography, tagged , , , , , , on April 29, 2012 | 3 Comments »

Two icons of American air and space history meet in Eric Kowalsky’s awesome photo of the Space Shuttle Enterprise flying over the Parachute Jump. On Friday, the Coney Island photographer captured the moment when the Space Shuttle flew over Brooklyn’s landmark tower. Originally designed by retired Naval commander James Hale Strong to train military paratroopers [...]

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Thor’s Coney Island: Generic New Building at Surf & Stillwell

Posted in Real Estate, Redevelopment, tagged , , , on February 2, 2012 | 21 Comments »

What’s the opposite of “Ta Da”? After seven years of real estate speculation and many grandiose renderings, the construction fencing came down from Thor Equities first-ever new construction in Coney Island (flea market tents don’t count) to reveal a sterile-looking building suited for a suburban mall. It’s located on the southeast corner of Surf and [...]

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