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Q & A with Lefty Lucy: Miss Coney Island 2011

Posted in Interviews, tagged , , , , , on March 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

What’s it like to be Miss Coney Island 2011? ATZ asked Lefty Lucy, who won the title in September at the 8th annual burlesque beauty pageant and is halfway into her reign.  Her predecessors are such luminaries of the New York sideshow and burlesque scene as Bambi the Mermaid, Insectavora Angelica, Julie Atlas Muz, Ekaterina, [...]

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Coney Island Building Landmarked, Joe Sitt Sees the Light

Posted in historic preservation, tagged , , , on January 10, 2011 | 6 Comments »

Let’s get this puzzler out of the way first: Why are Joe Sitt and Thor Equities mentioned in a press release heralding today’s landmark designation of Coney Island USA’s building? Repair of the exterior architectural lighting was funded through the generosity of our individual and corporate supporters, including Melissa Baldock, Steve Bernstein and Joseph Sitt [...]

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Halloween In Coney Island: Behind the Scenes at Creep Show at the Freak Show

Posted in amusement park, Events, tagged , , , , , , , on October 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

On Friday night after a visit to Luna Park’s Nights of Horror, we made our way to Coney Island USA for the first Creepshow at the Freakshow of the season. Started by CIUSA artistic director Dick Zigun in 1998, the annual Halloween event takes the audience on a haunted tour of the 1917 Childs Restaurant [...]

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