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Astroland Astroland is a 3.1 acre amusement park in Coney Island first opened in 1962. It is located at 1000 Surf Avenue (Corner of West 10th Street) on the boardwalk. Astroland first billed itself as a 'space-age' theme park. Today a visit is more like stepping into the past than the future. In 1955, Dewey Albert and his friends Nathan Handwerker, Herman Rapps, Sidney Robbins and Paul Yampo formed a corporation called Coney Island Enterprises. In 1957, Rapps and Albert announced they would build Wonderland. Through a series of acquisitions, together they built what is today known as Astroland. On July 12, 1975 an early morning fire wiped out much of the park but they were able to rebuild. It currently features such world-famous amusement park rides such as the Wonder Wheel, the Cyclone roller coaster, and the Parachute Jump. Moderator: Uatu the Watcher |
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Brooklyn Children's Museum The Brooklyn Children's Museum is a general purpose museum in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Founded in 1899, it was the first museum in the world to cater specifically to children. Moderator: Uatu the Watcher |
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Green-Wood Cemetery Green-Wood Cemetery was founded in 1838 as a rural cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, it was granted National Historic Landmark status in 2006 by the U.S. Department of the Interior. It is several blocks west of Prospect Park. In The New York Times it was said to be the "ambition of the New Yorker to live upon the Fifth Avenue, to take his airings in the Central Park, and to sleep with his fathers in Green-Wood". Inspired by Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where a cemetery in a naturalistic park-like landscape in the English manner was first established, Green-Wood was able to take advantage of the varied topography provided by glacial moraines. Battle Hill, the highest point in Brooklyn, is on cemetery grounds. The cemetery was the idea of Henry Evelyn Pierrepoint, a Brooklyn social leader. It was a popular tourist attraction in the 1850s and was the place most famous New Yorkers who died during the second half of the nineteenth century were buried. It is still an operating cemetery with approximately 600,000 graves spread out over 478 acres (191 ha). The rolling hills and dales, several ponds and an on-site chapel provide an environment that still draws visitors. On weekends cars are allowed on cemetery grounds. There are several famous monuments located there, including a statue of DeWitt Clinton and a Civil War Memorial. During the Civil War, Green-Wood Cemetery created the "Soldiers' Lot" for free veterans' burials. Moderator: Uatu the Watcher |
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Stark Industries The multinational corporation known best as Stark Industries originated in the 19th century of the United States as an engineering and manufacturing business family-run by Isaac Stark, Sr. By modern times, the company was one of the top industrial firms, headed by Howard Stark. Stark Industries maintained some of the USA’s most important military contracts and Howard relied upon the genius of his son Tony Stark for many of the company’s advancements, particularly in transistor design. After the unfortunate death of Howard and Maria Stark; Tony was promoted to President Emeritus. However, while touring his company’s operations in the field, Tony received a dangerous shrapnel injury to his heart, which led to him designing his first suit of Iron Man armor. After Stark Industries bodyguard, Iron Man, helped found the Avengers, Stark Industries provided many special devices that the team required. Tony also had his company lend significant industrial support to the peace-keeping agency S.H.I.E.L.D., including development of their first Helicarrier and many of the group’s special weaponry. As a reflection of the worldwide business that the company dealt in, Tony later renamed it Stark International. Around the same time, Tony decided to cease producing munitions for his clients after witnessing the devastating effects they had in the field. After several years of surviving attempts via hostile takeovers by companies such as Stane International, Fujikawa International, and even S.H.I.E.L.D., Stark Industries still retains its financial independence. Although Stark Industries no longer regularly produces munitions, its many other areas of research and production include aeronautics, aerospace engineering, anti-gravity, artificial intelligence, automotive engineering, bionics, cryogenics, cybernetics, directional drilling, energy development, energy shielding, guidance systems, holography, light deflection, medical technology, mobile communications, nanotechnology, nuclear power, radiological protection, robotics, satel Moderator: Uatu the Watcher |
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The Brooklyn Bridge The Brooklyn Bridge, originally the New York and Brooklyn Bridge, is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States, stretches 5,989 feet over the East River connecting the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. On completion, it was the largest suspension bridge in the world and the first steel-wire suspension bridge. Moderator: Uatu the Watcher |
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The Brooklyn Museum The Brooklyn Museum, located at 200 Eastern Parkway, in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, is the second largest art museum in New York City, and one of the largest in the United States. Arnold L. Lehman is the museum's Director. Opened in 1897, the Brooklyn Museum building is a steel frame structure—built to the standards of classical masonry—designed by the famous architectural firm of McKim, Mead, and White and built by the Carlin Construction Company. Daniel Chester French, the noted sculptor of the Lincoln Memorial, was the sculptor of two allegorical figures, Brooklyn and Manhattan, and of the figures on the pediment. One of the premier art institutions in the world, its permanent collection includes more than one-and-a-half million objects, from ancient Egyptian masterpieces to contemporary art, and the art of many other cultures. Housed in a 560,000 square foot (52,000 m²), Beaux-Arts building, approximately 500,000 patrons visit the museum each year. The Brooklyn Museum exhibits collections that seek to embody the rich artistic heritage of world cultures. The Brooklyn Museum changed its name to Brooklyn Museum of Art in 1997. On March 12, 2004, the museum announced that it would again be called by its previous name. Moderator: Uatu the Watcher |
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