Thor Equities paid $4.5 million for Coney Island’s Eldorado Building according to the deed recorded on Thursday for the March sale of the property. The recorded buyer is a newly formed foreign limited liability company with Thor Equities listed as the contact. The multi-parcel transaction included the 4,500-square-foot building at 1218 Surf Avenue housing the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Coney Island USA’
Thor Equities Paid $4.5M for Coney Island’s Eldorado
Posted in Real Estate, Redevelopment, Uncategorized, tagged Coney Island, Coney Island USA, Denny's Ice Cream, Dick Zigun, Eldorado, Surf Avenue, Thor Equities on April 1, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Q & A with Lefty Lucy: Miss Coney Island 2011
Posted in Interviews, tagged beauty pageant, burlesque, Coney Island USA, costume design, Lefty Lucy, Miss Coney Island 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, [...]
Coney Island Building Landmarked, Joe Sitt Sees the Light
Posted in historic preservation, tagged Childs Building, Coney Island USA, Dick Zigun, landmark designation 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 [...]















