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Amusing the Zillion
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Amusing the Zillion
@AmusingZillion
Former carny kid. Coney Island, carnivals, fairs, amusement business. Oral history, reminiscence.
Katılım Nisan 2010
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Warriors, come out to plaayy yaay! The 26th annual Coney Island Film Festival is this weekend, featuring premieres of new films and a May 2nd screening of The Warriors (1979), one of the most popular films set in Coney Island. coneyisland.com/2026-ciff/prog…
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@KeithPowersNYC Yes, please. I have to buy very pricey food for my sick cat and would like to save money. The NYS Assembly has a bill that exempts pet food from sales tax but it's been stuck in committee since last year. nysenate.gov/legislation/bi…
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Happy 100th to the Tilt! Celebrating a Century of The Tilt-A-Whirl, my article about the history of the ride, is in the April issue of Amusement Warehouse, the print magazine companion to the amusement industry website carnivalwarehouse.com.

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SAVE THE DATE: Sunday, March 29th 🎡🎢🎠 We can't wait to welcome you back to the Coney Island Boardwalk for the 41st annual Blessing of the Rides at Deno's Wonder Wheel Park and the Wheel's 106th season! The first 106 guests ride Deno's Wonder Wheel free: denoswonderwheel.com pic.twitter.com/9bEFHYeLvI
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Deno's carousel horses returned to their platform and are raring to go round! We're getting Deno's Wonder Wheel, Carousel + our 20 other rides ready for March 29, Palm Sunday, Coney Island's traditional opening day and Deno's Wonder Wheel's Blessing of the Rides.
📷 @ConeyHistory


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Happy Valentine's Day from the Coney Island History Project! Celebrate by listening to the Love & Marriage episode of our Coney Island Stories podcast. It features the stories of couples who met, got engaged or married in Coney 💞 coneyislandhistory.org/podcast/season… #podcast #oralhistory

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For nearly a decade, a cat lived beneath the streets of NYC. His name depended on who you asked. To MTA workers, he was Georgie. To me, he was Jasper. For 9 NY winters, he survived on the subway tracks... gofundme.com/f/from-the-sub… #subwaycat #gofundme
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NYC Live: Blizzard Beach Coney Island 🥶❄️- 1/25/26 with @Dutchmazz! Polar Bears going for their Sunday swim at 1 PM. youtube.com/watch?v=vM3bUj…

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Some fun literary news: Money Apron Melody, a memoir about everything I learned about money as a carny kid working in mom's balloon dart will be published via Short Edition's "Story Dispensers" in Times Square & elsewhere! You can also read it here: short-edition.com/en/story/creat…

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NEW post on Charles Denson's Substack: Banksy Has Left the Building! Robotic 2013 artwork by the mysterious British artist has been sold and removed from its Coney Island location. coneyologist.substack.com/p/banksy-has-l…


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@mrjeffu It looks like all three are calico cats. Is that a requirement for the job?
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Coney Island is the fun place to be on New Year’s Day and the best way to welcome 2026 is with a dip in the Atlantic! Join or watch the Coney Island Polar Bear Club's NYD Plunge: runsignup.com/Race/NY/Brookl…

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It’s almost FREE turkey time! Please keep spreading the word to those in need, and we’ll see you all at legendary @RubysBarGrill at 11 a.m. THURSDAY, Nov. 20!!! 🦃😊
#ConeyIslandBoardwalk #TurkeyGiveaway #ConeyCommunity

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