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Childs Restaurant on the Boardwalk...Re: Whats Happening to Coney Island? |
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Posted by heypaul on Sun Oct 1 05:30:06 2006, in response to Re: Whats Happening to Coney Island?, posted by Transit Guy on Thu Sep 28 21:03:11 2006. The building on the boardwalk is one of 2 Childs Restaurants that were in Coney Island. According to Kevin Walsh's book, it was built in 1924 for Childs by architects Ethan Dennison and Frederic Hirons "with an exterior of soft stucco and four marble columns emphasized by four multicolored rondels depicting King Neptune; a Venetian galleon: the Golden Hind, the flagship of Queen Elizabeth's fleet; and two fish swimming in rough seas. This Childs branch closed in the 1950's and later became a candy factory. In 2003, it was, thankfully declared a landmark." A couple of years ago, I rode past Childs on my bike, and couldn't believe my eyes. The entire front had been redone and there were signs that it had become a community center. I was amazed and mentioned it on a Coney Island messageboard and was embarrassed to learn that it was being used as a movie set for Sandra Bullock's "Two Weeks Notice".   |
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