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Thor’s Coney Island: John Strong to Get 3-Year Lease for Freak Museum & Maybe More

Posted in sideshow, tagged Freak Museum, Grashorn Building, Joe Sitt, John Strong, Thor Equities on March 18, 2010 | 2 Comments »

The five-legged Yorkie puppy and dozens of other live and preserved freaks in John Strong’s Oddity Museum will soon take up residence at 1104 Surf Avenue, Coney Island’s oldest building. The Texas based sideshow operator plans to arrive in Coney Island by Easter weekend. “The lease is for three years,” Strong tells ATZ. “I can’t [...]

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Thor’s Coney Island: Burst Water Pipes & Onerous Deal at Grashorn for Freak Museum

Posted in Real Estate, sideshow, tagged Coney Island, Grashorn Building, John Strong, Jones Walk, Surf Avenue, Thor Equities on February 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Yesterday a water pipe burst on the second floor of the Thor Equities-owned Grashorn Building, Coney Island’s oldest building. Water poured down the front of the vacant building, covering it in a sheet of ice and leaving an icy pile on the sidewalk by the end of day. We are of course worried that the [...]

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Thor’s Coney Island: Freak Museum to Lease Coney’s Oldest Building

Posted in Real Estate, sideshow, tagged Coney Island, freak show, Grashorn Building, John Strong, Jones Walk, Oddity Museum, oldest building, Thor Equities on January 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

ATZ has learned that sideshow operator John Strong has made a deal with Thor Equities to return to Coney Island for the 2010 season. In lieu of last year’s location in the former Astroland arcade, which was sold to the City, Strong’s freak museum will occupy Thor Equities’ owned 1104 Surf Ave at Jones Walk. [...]

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