Speculating at Coney Island / John F. Kasson -- Visions of an American dreamland: Down at Coney Isle (1861-1894) / Robin Jaffee Frank -- The world's greatest playground (1895-1929) / Robin Jaffee ...

From the press release: The festivities kick off with a 10-day limited engagement with the oldest traveling amusement show in the country—the Reithoffer shows—and won’t stop until Labor Day, as ...

Streaming platforms for Hippodrome Races, Dreamland, Coney Island haven’t been announced yet. Check back soon for updates on where you can watch it online.

The message boards at Coney Island U.S.A. suggest that Dreamland, which was closed indefinitely by Thor Equities because of about half a million dollars in overdue rent from operator Anthony Raffaelle ...

Nor did people have cross the world to get the Coney Island experience: the original had inspired imitators that, if not as grandiose as Luna Park or Dreamland, were not so very different from the ...

Sat 9/3 – Sun 9/4 “Highest Heaven: Spanish and Portuguese Colonial Art of the Roberta and Richard Huber Collection” In colonial South America, as in other colonized regions around the world, art was a ...

Before its rich neon amusement culture, Coney Island was part of the town of Gravesend when it was founded in 1643 by an Englishwoman, Lady Deborah Moody. It was primarily used for grazing animals ...

In scale, in variety, in sheer inventiveness, Coney Island was unlike anything anyone had ever seen, and eventually, everyone came to see it. At the turn of the century, Coney Island exploded in a ...

A series of races and exhibitions is taking place at the hippodrome track in Coney Island's Dreamland. First there is a simple race between two riders, followed by several other competitions involving ...