Lane's Irish House
Lane's Irish House, West 15th Street and Bowery
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Demolished Steeplechase Pavilion
Demolished Steeplechase Pavilion in the Coney Island History Project exhibit "The 50th Anniversary of Fred Trump's Demolition of the Steeplechase Pavilion." Photo by James Onorato.
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Loop the Loop opened in 1901 and was an early looping rollercoaster.
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The Thunderbolt roller coaster was built in 1925 and operated until 1982. Famous as the inspiration for "The House Under the Roller Coaster" in Woody Allen's film "Annie Hall", the coaster steadily decayed after its closing. In 2000, with Keyspan...
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Station arcade coffee shop "The Islander"
This photo was taken around 5 pm at the Stillwell Avenue station in Coney Island. A $250 million renovation of the station began in 2001, two years after this photo was taken.
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The Shore Theater, looking North from Surf Avenue
The Shore Theater opened in 1925 as a movie and vaudeville house. It closed in the 1970's after operating as a porn movie house and was purchase by its current owner, Kansas Fried Chicken king Horace Bullard. Bullard's hope that the Shore Theater...
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