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Author | : Charles Denson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781580084550 |
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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 | : Harvey Stein |
Publisher | : Schiffer Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 9780764337963 |
Download Coney Island, 40 Years, 1970-2010 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Since 1970, when world-renowned photographer Harvey Stein first turned his discerning eye toward Coney Island, his love affair with this New York beachfront amusement park began to grow. Over 200 compelling black and white photos tell the tale of his 40-year romance with this iconic locale. Entering Coney Island through his lens is like stepping into another culture, capturing the lives and times of those who work and play there. There is a sense of adventure, a thrilling escape from daily worries, and much pleasure, whether riding the jarring Cyclone roller coaster, walking the boardwalk, viewing the Mermaid Parade, or sunbathing on the beach. Coney Island, America's first amusement park, is celebrated worldwide. It is a fantasyland of the past with an irrepressible optimism about its future.
Author | : Aaron Beebe |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780977869602 |
Download The Coney Island Amateur Psychoanalytic Society and Its Circle Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"On the afternoon of August 28th 1909 Sigmund Freud visited Coney Island's famous Dreamland amusement park. A hundred years later this lively and imaginative book examines his legacy in Coney Island. It begins with Norman Klein's reconstruction of his actual visit. However Freud's real impact appears to have come later with the founding of the Coney Island Amateur Psychoanalytic Society. Zoe Beloff conjures up the world of this unique Society, whose forward-thinking attitude flourished from1926 through the early 1970s. The Society's members, most of them working people from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds, wished to participate in one of the great intellectual movements of the 20th century. She explores their activities that included recreating their dreams on film and discusses the role of the society's visionary founder Albert Grass who attempted to rebuild Dreamland according to Freud's theory of dream formation."--From publisher's website, http://www.christineburgin.com
Author | : Lawrence Ferlinghetti |
Publisher | : New Directions Publishing |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 1958 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780811200417 |
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Twenty-nine poems from the 1950's.
Author | : John F. Kasson |
Publisher | : Hill and Wang |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2011-04-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1429952237 |
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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 | : Richard Snow |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Woody Register |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 422 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780195167320 |
Download The Kid of Coney Island Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A portrait of the pioneering entrepreneur who designed and built Luna Park - which in 1903 transformed Coney Island into a respectable venue for middle-class recreation - and created the Hippodrome, the world's largest theater when it opened in 1905, filling it with lavish spectacles at affordable ticket prices. The author also explores the development of the idea of adult amusements in America during Thompson's day, and ours.
Author | : Edo McCullough |
Publisher | : Fordham University Press |
Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 1957 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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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 | : Zoe Ryan |
Publisher | : Princeton Architectural Press |
Total Pages | : 182 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9781568986234 |
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For almost 100 years, Coney Island was the most popular seaside destination in the United States. Eachyear, millions escaped the heat of New York City to savor the thrills of the Cyclone roller coaster and Wonder Wheel at the Astroland amusement park. They came to sample an original Nathan's Famous hot dog, witness the first demolition derby, or to take a chance at a game of three-card Monte on the legendary boardwalk. The advent of air-conditioning, concerns about Coney's "tawdry" entertainment, and faster transportation to other beaches hastened the demise of what had become a uniquely American icon of entertainment and a defining terminus of New York at the water's edge. In an effort to revitalize the area, the Van Alen Institute, in concert with the Coney Island Development Corporation, held the Parachute Pavilion Competition, a contest to design a year-round pavilion in the shadow of the Parachute Jump, a landmark built for the 1939 World's Fair. Coney Island: The Parachute Pavilion Competition presents all 864 submissionsfrom the feasible to the fantasticreceived from around the world. The winning design by London-based Carmody Groarke Hardie is a mesmerizing attraction in its own right, composed of two provocative trapezoids illuminated by thousands of colored light bulbs. The design respects the historic icon under which it is located but also promises to become an icon in its own right and bring the fun-loving spirit of Coney Island into the twenty-first century. Featuring essays, photographic documentation, and jury comments, Coney Island: The Parachute Pavilion Competition is a critical resource for students, designers, city officials, and anyone interested in Coney Island and the reinvention of the historic recreation sites of our cities.
Author | : Janet Morgan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2021-09-30 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781734702927 |
Download Coney Island Awakes Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In March of 2020 the Covid 19 quarantine in Brooklyn was extreme. For people without cars and wary of public transportation life was very limited. In August we finally started riding the subway again and going down to a quiet Coney Island was a real treat. All the rides sat silent for a whole year. The collection of fisherman, homeless people and locals felt like an odd post-apocalyptic community. Everyone was very chatty when we were drawing and I heard a lot of stories. And not only people told stories?. During its year of sleep, Coney Island nourished us.