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Thursday, June 18, 2009
 

Hi,

Having this site as a sometimes avocation means that I do lottsa research on things Brooklyn. Sometimes it is in the form of books, or film, or pictures, or web sites, or videos. Sometimes I'm able to count maybe ten sources on one subject, say, Coney Island, but only one is better than the rest and the secondary ones are a waste of money, at least for me.

This morning I played a video DVD on Coney Island that was put out by PBS titled American Experience: Coney Island. It is one of the most comprehensive sources I've used and I recommend it to anyone interest in the subject of Brooklyn's Coney Island. you know I don't sell space on my site so I recommend you search for it on the web if you'd like to get a copy. Just a though... consider a site that is selling an already viewed copy at a discount (don't forget and do consider the shipping and handling charges sites hit you with.

On the PBS site the dvd is described as:

This is my all-time favorite episode of my favorite PBS series; it's filled with fascinating stories, film and photographs. Everyone has heard of Coney Island; even those who've never visited it have ideas and images associated with the name. I grew up in Brooklyn, and spent a lot of time in the later, shabbier Coney Island. Here is the story of how a quiet stretch of beach - home only to gulls, clams and rabbits ("coneys") - was transformed into a place like no other on Earth. Coney Island was where New York's teeming millions (plus millions of tourists) cast off their cares and inhibitions to frolic in the surf, ride on swift and dangerous contraptions, gape at fantastical architecture and be entertained by grandiose spectacle. If you're looking for a quintessentially American story, this is it.

The video pretty much takes you up to the closing of Steeplechase. Emphasis is put on the Luna Park and the Dreamland parks. Since I wasn't around for them, seeing them in video is much more meaningful than seeing still pictures.

There were a lot of things I took away from the video but the four most interesting were: The role of fires in the history of Coney Island, why it is called a "hot dog", how long it takes to electrocute an elephant, how trains going in the opposite directions can use the same tracks.

Again, for what it's worth, I found the DVD interesting and am glad I have it as part of my Brooklyn Memories.








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