ASTROLAND ROCKET THE FIRST SPACE-THEMED ATTRACTION INSTALLED IN CONEY ISLAND'S ASTROLAND AMUSEMENT PARK, 1962 DONATED BY CAROL AND JEROME ALBERT AND THE CONEY ISLAND HISTORY PROJECT TO STACY...
@lolatheillustrator YOUR FORTUNE 100 YEARS OF FUN AND COUNTING! Once upon a time there was a man named Denos Vourderis. He always promised his fiancée Lula that he'd buy her the Wonder Wheel as an...
HIGH WATER MARK 5.0 FEET October 29, 2012 ON THIS DAY, CONEY ISLAND LIBRARY WAS DEVASTATED BY HURRICANE SANDY. FIVE FEET OF WATER FLOODED THE BRANCH, DESTROYING BOOKS, FURNITURE AND...
IDA STRAUS ISIDOR STRAUS BORN FEB 6. 1849. BORN FEB 6. 1845. DIED APRIL 15. 1912. THEIR LIVES WERE BEAUTIFUL AND THEIR DEATHS GLORIOUS THIS TABLET IS THE VOLUNTARY TOKEN OF...
know NYC 34th Street district Jerry McAuley's Mission Hello... My name is Maria McAuley. In the late 1800s I opened two rescue missions with my husband Jerry McAuley. One was located here...
PFC CARLOS J. LOZADA PLAYGROUND What was here before? In 1938, a site adjacent to this playground was surveyed and acquired by the City. At that time, there were five brick residences along...
PACE UNIVERSITY Book of Remembrance September 11, 2001 Pace University, with this book of Remembrance, honors our 47 students and alumni who lost their lives in the World Trade Center...
WAVERTREE 1885 Wavertree was built at Southampton, England in 1885 for R.W. Leyland & Company of Liverpool. She was first employed to carry jute, used in making rope and burlap bags, between...
W.O. DECKER 1930 The wooden tugboat W. O. Decker was built in Long Island City, Queens in 1930 for the Newtown Creek Towing Company, a firm specializing in berthing ships and barges in...
NEW YORK, HOME OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS EDWARD LIVINGSTON MAY, 23, 1764 - MAY 23, 1836 US SECRETARY OF STATE, 1831-33 REPRESENTATIVE FROM NEW YORK, 1795-1801 MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY, 1801-03...
AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINERS' MEMORIAL BATTERY PARK Commissioned by the American Merchant Mariners' Memorial, Inc., this memorial was conceived in 1976. In 1988, after an extensive competition,...
DONATED BY M.J. SMITH FUNERAL HOMESomerset County, PANew York, NYWashington, DCSeptember 11, 2001A Day Not To Be Forgotten___IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE UNBORN CHILDRENKNIGHTS OF COLUMBUSHOLY NAME...
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