"Goodbye Coney Island?" Exhibition
Brooklyn Museum
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An exhibition of more than fifty photographs from the Brooklyn Museum’s holdings, Goodbye Coney Island? traces the evolution of this fabled part of New York over the past 125 years. Coney Island has undergone many transformations since it first became a popular resort in the nineteenth century, and in the near future a prospective redevelopment plan may yet again change this section of Brooklyn.
Goodbye Coney Island? presents images that depict the area’s early life and its landmarks and attractions from the 1870s to the present, including the Oriental Hotel, Steeplechase, Luna Park, the beach and boardwalk, and the classic Thunderbolt rollercoaster.
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Schedule
from November 28, 2007 to April 06, 2008
Artist(s)
Breading Way, George Bradford Brainerd, Stephen Salmieri, Garry Winogrand, Lynn Butler et al.