Great b&w shot of the Parachute Jump. It's such an icon.
Parachute Jump - Coney Island
Originally uploaded by paulinakubis
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Parachute Jump - Coney Island
Great b&w shot of the Parachute Jump. It's such an icon.
Parachute Jump - Coney Island
Originally uploaded by paulinakubis
Monday, May 18, 2009
End Of The Line
KINETIC CARNIVAL - The Coney Island Blog: Coney Vid: End Of The Line
Description:
My first completed film, shot on Super 8 in July 2007, the last summer Coney Island's Astroland was going to be open. I had never visited the park before, but wanted to get there before it was closed forever so one summer while taking a course in NYC, I brought my Super 8 camera and spent the day filming there.
Posted by HOSHINOAOI [YouTube]
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Coney Island Opening Day
Coney Island Opening Day - 024-(L)
Originally uploaded by skabz666
Another great picture. Nothing says Coney Island like the Parachute Jump.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
1953 Rainy Day in Coney Island
KINETIC CARNIVAL - The Coney Island Blog: Coney Vintage Video: 1953 Rainy Day At Coney
This is a clip from the film "The Little Fugitive" which plays fairly regularly on Turner Classic Movies. Simpler times.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Saturday, April 11, 2009
A Visitor's View
To whom it may concern,
I didn't grow up in Coney Island but as a child I had always been fascinated by the place (especially Astroland). My aunt and uncle did live in one of those buildings until 1974 when they moved out to Shirley. My father and aunt grew up there but I didn't really know anything about their childhood.
I just recently did an assignment for a class I'm taking where I had to do a 30 minute presentation on any topic and I chose Coney Island. I got my presentation prepared but something was just missing to make the presentation alive. Then I stumbled on your site and I saw what makes Coney Island such a fascinating place. Yes, they did have all those interesting amusement attractions, Nathan's, the Wonder Wheel, etc. What made it exciting was the people that lived there to talk about it, such as Joey DePinto, Debbie Durso, Stu Berg, Elliot Popkin, Stu Goldberg and the many wonderful people I saw in the photos. I thought of all of you and my presentation came to life. I'm usually a very monotone person when I speak, but not when I did my presentation.
Thank you all for growing up in a place where you can speak fondly about it through good and sad times as people who don't know you can see what a fascinating life it was.
Sincerely,
Donald Katz
4/11/2009
I didn't grow up in Coney Island but as a child I had always been fascinated by the place (especially Astroland). My aunt and uncle did live in one of those buildings until 1974 when they moved out to Shirley. My father and aunt grew up there but I didn't really know anything about their childhood.
I just recently did an assignment for a class I'm taking where I had to do a 30 minute presentation on any topic and I chose Coney Island. I got my presentation prepared but something was just missing to make the presentation alive. Then I stumbled on your site and I saw what makes Coney Island such a fascinating place. Yes, they did have all those interesting amusement attractions, Nathan's, the Wonder Wheel, etc. What made it exciting was the people that lived there to talk about it, such as Joey DePinto, Debbie Durso, Stu Berg, Elliot Popkin, Stu Goldberg and the many wonderful people I saw in the photos. I thought of all of you and my presentation came to life. I'm usually a very monotone person when I speak, but not when I did my presentation.
Thank you all for growing up in a place where you can speak fondly about it through good and sad times as people who don't know you can see what a fascinating life it was.
Sincerely,
Donald Katz
4/11/2009
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