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Men in Black 3 Rescues Coney Island’s Oldest Building

Posted in film, tagged , , , , on April 10, 2011 | 7 Comments »

We’re singing “Hooray for Hollywood, that phony super Coney Hollywood”! Not only is Men in Black 3 filming in Coney from May 2 through 6, they’ve leased Coney Island’s oldest building, the Grashorn, from Thor Equities and rescued it from oblivion. A construction crew is already fixing up the gutted interior of the building located [...]

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Thor’s Coney Island: Coney’s Oldest Building for Lease

Posted in Real Estate, Redevelopment, tagged , , , , , on January 21, 2011 | 2 Comments »

One of Thor Equities’ omnipresent “Stores for Lease” banners went up yesterday on the Grashorn Building. Thanks to Coney Island photographer Bruce Handy for stopping by and taking these photos last evening. The banner caused excitement as peeps realized it meant that Coney Island’s oldest was not going to be demolished after all! Not this [...]

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

Posted in Real Estate, sideshow, tagged , , , , , 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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