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Author | : Edo McCullough |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : History |
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The third period was that of the nickel empire when the subways reached the island, the great hordes arrived, and Coney grew cheap and garish. In its fourth period, Coney Island became a beautiful seaside park."--BOOK JACKET.
Author | : Edo McCullough |
Publisher | : Scribner |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2008-12-01 |
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ISBN | : 9780684863399 |
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Release | : 1957 |
Genre | : Coney Island (New York, N.Y.) |
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Author | : Charles Denson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781580084550 |
Denson gives us an insider's look at one of New York's best-known neighborhoods, weaving together memories of his childhood adventures with colorful stories of the area's past and interviews with local personalities, all brought to life by hundreds of photographs, detailed maps, and authentic memorabilia.
Author | : John F. Kasson |
Publisher | : Macmillan + ORM |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2011-04-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1429952237 |
Coney Island: the name still resonates with a sense of racy Brooklyn excitement, the echo of beach-front popular entertainment before World War I. Amusing the Million examines the historical context in which Coney Island made its reputation as an amusement park and shows how America's changing social and economic conditions formed the basis of a new mass culture. Exploring it afresh in this way, John Kasson shows Coney Island no longer as the object of nostalgia but as a harbinger of modernity--and the many photographs, lithographs, engravings, and other reproductions with which he amplifies his text support this lively thesis.
Author | : Claire Prentice |
Publisher | : New Harvest |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2014-10-14 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780544262287 |
Describes the story of a group of people from the Philippines who were transported to Coney Island in 1905 to be portrayed as “headhunting, dog-eating savages” in a Luna Park freak show.
Author | : Lawrence Ferlinghetti |
Publisher | : New Directions Publishing |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 1958 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780811200417 |
Twenty-nine poems from the 1950's.
Author | : Charles Denson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Amusement parks |
ISBN | : 9780966698213 |
Author | : Harvey Stein |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 9780393046588 |
Photographs bring to life the small strip of land on New York's Atlantic Coast, Coney Island, that for more than one hundred years has provided thrills, amusements, and escape to millions of people
Author | : Barbara Gottlock |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 155 |
Release | : 2013-08-20 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 1625845561 |
A historical tour of fun and frolic in the five boroughs—including photos from the good old days. Coney Island is an iconic symbol of turn-of-the-century New York—but many other amusement parks have thrilled the residents of the five boroughs. Strategically placed at the end of trolley lines, railways, public beaches, and waterways, these playgrounds for the rich and poor alike first appeared in 1767. From humble beginnings, they developed into huge sites like Fort George, Manhattan’s massive amusement complex. Each park was influenced by the culture and eclectic tastes of its owners and patrons—from the wooden coasters at Staten Island’s Midland Beach to beer gardens on Queens’ North Beach and fireworks blasting from the Bronx’s Starlight Park. As real estate became more valuable, these parks disappeared. With this historical tour, you can rediscover the thrills of the past from the lost amusement parks of New York City.