Posts filed under 'Coney Island'
This is the last of the Coney Island photos for quite some time, although I do intend to go back after they make it over, just to see if they’ve stayed true to Coney Island’s lurid spirit.
Some sort of arcade game, of the non-video variety.
Oh dear.
I think this is an appropriate note to close on.
This is by no means the last of my NYC photos, and then I have DC and CA photos after that, still yet to be processed…
August 2nd, 2007 at 11:08am
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I’m almost out of Coney Island photos; just one more post after this one.
I liked the ponytail action on this one, and didn’t even notice the strangely envious look on the girl on the right.
“They say STAFF is a bad mother-” “Shut your mouth!”
August 1st, 2007 at 11:09am
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Ahhhrrr, matey! ‘Tis Pirates Of The, um, Mid-Atlantic.
This guy is just kinda sad-looking, really.
If you ever wondered what Howdy Doody would look like as a pirate…
You cannot tell me this guy did not get beat up constantly by the other pirates.
July 31st, 2007 at 07:32am
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Just some more random rides from Coney:
The interior of a wee pirate ship, complete with non-functional redundant steering wheels. At least you can’t see the siren lights on the front…
I found this kinda disturbing, but the kids seem to enjoy it.
No-one wants to ride The Scrambler, which makes me wonder just how literal the name is.
July 30th, 2007 at 11:25am
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I’m pretty sure these rides aren’t supposed to be scary…
Gah!!!
July 29th, 2007 at 02:03pm
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Just some miscellaneous Coney Island photos that don’t really fit into any category:
As I walked away, I actually heard someone behind me indignantly demanding, “Why was he taking a picture of that???” Fourlegs just gave them a helpless “What can you do?” shrug.
Astroland as viewed from the Boardwalk.
The Freak Bar again.
July 28th, 2007 at 05:14pm
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Proving once again that I can take pictures of people in a pinch:
You got served!
She appears distinctly unimpressed.
I love the random toddler who wandered into the frame. I don’t think I even saw him when I took the shot.
July 27th, 2007 at 07:46am
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More kitsch from Coney:
I don’t really have anything to add…
July 26th, 2007 at 07:40am
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The last of the Cyclone photos:
Not the last of the Coney Island photos though, oh no.
July 25th, 2007 at 11:24am
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As promised, some photos of people enjoying the Cyclone in all its rickety glory. I recommend clicking on them to get the full effect.
Whee!!!
July 24th, 2007 at 11:26am
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Another one of the Coney Island star attractions I wanted to get pictures of was the Cyclone, which uses ricketiness instead of loop-de-loops to scare its riders:
More on those Cyclone riders later…
July 23rd, 2007 at 11:33am
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Some mostly abstract, color-oriented photos from Coney:
July 21st, 2007 at 08:07pm
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Some more completely non-scary rides from Coney Island:
Well, okay, maybe the idea of a giant shoe giving me the eye is a little scary…
One of the defining moments of our Coney Island excursion was when fourlegs was taking pictures of the kids on the ride, while I was waiting for them to clear out of the way so I could photograph the track. Hey, it has cool robots on the columns and everything.
I suppose it will be a bit scarier once it leaves the ground. Also, note the color scheme, and then try to tell me that liberals aren’t patriotic.
July 20th, 2007 at 02:53pm
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I’ve never really been much of a thrillseeker, so rollercoasters and even ferris wheels have very little appeal for me (fourlegs and I did toy with the idea of going up on the bigass Wonder Wheel to get some aerial shots, but we had our hands full as it was). No, when I was a kid at Coney Island, what I loved was the bumper cars (um, and the video arcade). All these years later, they still look pretty damn fun:
July 19th, 2007 at 09:45am
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There really is a near-inexhaustible supply of weird signs chez Coney…
Teeheehee!!! *ahem* Sorry.
Captain America feels very strongly about the head-on bumping, because it makes Lady Liberty cry. I think it is very possible that his tragic assassination was the work of a shadowy head-on bumping crime syndicate.
But what about head-on grinding?
July 18th, 2007 at 03:32pm
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More from the funhouse. This is what it’s all about, right here:
B&W closeup of the Dante’s Inferno devil.
And here he is again with his little cackly friend.
No self-respecting devil would ever be caught dead(?) without his pitchfork.
July 17th, 2007 at 12:22pm
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Now, this was what I vaguely had in mind when I decided that I had to get me some pictures of Coney Island before it got all updated and modernized: Lurid funhouse horror thingies!
My desperate attempt to salvage a severely backlit situation. I think it ended up actually looking kinda cool.
When zombies win Academy Awards.
You can practically hear the deranged, cackling laughter. More on this guy and the hand he’s dangling from later.
July 16th, 2007 at 03:08pm
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I got a bunch of great reaction shots from this one ride, which tended to flip people upside-down a lot. In the interests of space, I’ll just post my favorite one, plus a couple of context shots.
Whee!!!
This is kinda like Coney Island in a nutshell.
Let’s take a closer look at that mural in the background. Mmm… topless robots…
July 15th, 2007 at 08:40am
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The Coney Island signage just gets more and more bizarre and inexplicable…
Apparently courtship rituals are very different here. I won’t even comment on the implication that a big hot dog is a better attention-grabber than flowers…
I wouldn’t even know where to start. (You may need to click on it for a better view)
Umm… yeah. Please remember that I merely photographed it, and am not responsible for it in any way.
I have no idea what the Happy Landings has to do with anything, but I was very alarmed by the revelation that clowns are so dangerous that they can only be fed by robots.
July 14th, 2007 at 01:28pm
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Just some more photos with no unifying theme:
Looking up at the tent over the ride… whatever it was.
Apparently, to not get a punching puppet is to postpone joy. I have postponed my joy indefinitely.
You might have to click on this one to see the little bits of stuff hanging down from the yellow part at the top. Those are people’s heads.
July 12th, 2007 at 07:17pm
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You know, it’s a shame Fellini never discovered Coney Island…
Please help us.
GAH! Suddenly I totally get why people are scared of clowns.
Wholesome fun for the whole family! You know, the thought occurs that there is probably more than one of these things out there…
July 11th, 2007 at 11:48pm
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And yet still more fun at Coney Island…
Some kind of swoopy, spinny thing. I liked the curvy lines.
Close-up of the giant Coney Island ferris wheel.
The ferris wheel again. I almost never do the special filter effects, but for some reason it just felt right.
July 10th, 2007 at 08:48pm
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This will probably not be the last sampling of the bizarre and inexplicable from Coney Island; after all, the bizarre and inexplicable is pretty much why I wanted to take pictures there in the first place.
Ah yes, of course, animals you associate with the Himalayas: polar bears, penguins, and… frogs. (Yes, I am aware that the Himalayas don’t have polar bears or penguins either, but they’re not nearly as incongruous as a giant green frog)
I have no idea why this ride has little Regency-era vignettes painted on it.
The ride doesn’t bother me, it’s the fish with human faces in the background…
This is just a good overview of the general visual chaos in this particular subsection of the overall amusement complex. I especially like the goofy dragon on the left.
July 9th, 2007 at 06:17pm
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You know, I think giant anatomically-correct bees would actually be less scary…
Maybe it’s the hands, and their little blue gloves…
July 7th, 2007 at 02:51pm
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One of the great things about Coney Island is the lurid and/or inexplicable signs scattered all over. Here are some relatively mild samples, so as to start you off slowly:
Apparently Chuy is the Wolf Man.
Coney Island’s surrounding area is perhaps a little bit run-down.
What.
July 5th, 2007 at 07:32am
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