#264 The Landmarks of Coney Island
The Bowery Boys: New York City History
Tom Meyers
4.7 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2018
⏱️ 51 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The Bowry Boys episode 264 landmarks of Coney Island. |
| 0:06.0 | Hey, it's the Bowry Boys. |
| 0:09.0 | Hey. |
| 0:10.0 | Support for the Bowry Boys is provided by our listeners. |
| 0:13.0 | Join us for as little as $1 a month by visiting patreon.com slash Bowry Boys. |
| 0:21.0 | Hi there, welcome to the Bowry Boys. This is Greg Young. |
| 0:25.0 | And this is Tom Myers. |
| 0:27.0 | We're doing a remote recording, a remote location today before a very special show. |
| 0:33.0 | A celebration of all things Coney Island, the food, the fun, and most importantly, the history. |
| 0:40.0 | Now, Coney Island's story goes all the way back to the Dutch days. |
| 0:45.0 | Even Henry Hudson docked his boat near Coney Island shores. |
| 0:49.0 | But today, we are not telling that story. |
| 0:52.0 | No, no, no, no. |
| 0:53.0 | No, we're not telling a chronological history of Coney Island. |
| 0:57.0 | We have a couple shows in our back catalog that do the trick for that. |
| 1:01.0 | In a way, this is a tribute to one specific place in Coney Island, the Coney Island boardwalk, |
| 1:07.0 | which was just bestowed the honor of scenic landmark by the landmark preservation commission. |
| 1:11.0 | That's right, like just now. |
| 1:13.0 | This month is exciting. |
| 1:14.0 | In May of 2018. |
| 1:16.0 | So we are spending the day in Coney Island having fun with our recording equipment running around |
| 1:21.0 | and visiting most of the official landmarks here on Coney Island from the rides to historic buildings. |
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