May 22 Open House: Try Out the “Cyclone Lounger”

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The Coney Island History Project will host an Open House on Saturday, May 22nd from 10 am to 5 pm to welcome Brooklyn Half Marathon participants and their family and friends to Coney Island. Everyone is invited to stop by to view historic artifacts, photographs, maps, ephemera and films of Coney Island’s colorful past. Among the treasures on display are a Steeplechase horse and Coney Island’s oldest existing artifact, an 1823 Toll House sign from the days when the toll for a horse and rider to “the Island” was 9 cents. Free Admission for One and All!

On May 22nd only! Visitors are invited to try out the “Cyclone Lounger,” a chair inspired by the Cyclone Roller Coaster and made from recycled Boardwalk ipe wood by Uhuru furniture designers of Brooklyn. After reading about the Cyclone chair in New York Magazine, NY Post and Daily News last week, we arranged to have the award-winning chaise lounge on display for Brooklyn Half Marathon Day in our exhibition center under the Cyclone. Designers Jason Horvath and Bill Hilgendorf will be on hand to talk about their “Coney Island Line” of furniture, sustainability and local craftsmanship. Charles Denson, Director of the Coney Island History Project, told the Brooklyn Paper: “This wood is not only part of the historic Boardwalk, but it’s really good, straight-grain hardwood that should be repurposed. It’s important that anything that can be recycled should be recycled.”

The Coney Island History Project’s exhibition center is located under the Cyclone Roller Coaster at 824 Surf Avenue just east of West 10th Street. We’re open weekends from Memorial Day Weekend through Labor Day. Hours are 1 to 6 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays. Also open on Memorial Day and Labor Day, FREE ADMISSION for One and ALL!
http://www.coneyislandhistory.org/index.php