Coney Island and Astroland - Couverture souple

Denson, Charles; Coney Island History Project

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0738574287 ISBN 13 : 9780738574288

Editeur : Arcadia Publishing (SC), 2011

Synopsis

A look into one of America's most unique places, the famous Coney Island and Astroland theme park.

Coney Island is a unique New York City neighborhood and a place of exciting innovation, where the roller coaster and the hot dog were introduced to the world, the glow of a million bare lightbulbs at Luna Park dazzled early visitors, and rocket rides at Astroland fueled intergalactic fantasies. Coney Island served as the pressure valve for New York, drawing millions to its famous beach on sweltering weekends. Astroland Park, created at the dawn of the space age, was the vision of Dewey and Jerome Albert. They transformed the three-acre Feltman's Restaurant property, one of Coney Island's oldest attractions, into a futuristic amusement park that would anchor the amusement zone for the next half century. The park's ambitious opening in 1962 mirrored the wide-eyed optimism of the early 1960s and helped Coney Island survive the closure of the venerable Steeplechase Park.

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À propos de l'auteur

Charles Denson, director of the Coney Island History Project and author of Coney Island: Lost and Found, tells the story of Coney Island's evolution by exploring its changing architectural streetscape through never before seen images from the Astroland Archive, the Coney Island History Project Archive, and his personal collection.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0738574287
• ISBN 13: 9780738574288
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible