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First New Coney Island Roller Coasters In 90 Years Unveiled

AP | Posted 06.20.2011 | New York
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NEW YORK -- New York's Coney Island has opened its first new roller coasters since the famed Cyclone was built in the 1920s. Mayor Michael Bloomberg ...

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Abandoned Coney Island -- Last Chance To See?

Nick Carr | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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Nick Carr

When I heard the rumors that Satan's real estate division, Thor Equities, was allegedly planning to tear down some of the last remaining historic buildings in Coney Island, I actually felt a chill.

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Coney Island Bell Rescued After 89 Years On Sea Bottom

New York Daily News | Simone Weichselbaum | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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Coney Island's brassy bell is back. Divers pulled the 500-pound artifact from the murky waters off Coney Island Thursday 98 years after it toppled in...

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