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Coney Island Brooklyn New York

CONEY ISLAND

The CYCLONE

CONEY ISLAND

LUNA PARK

LUNA PARK

CONEY ISLAND

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK

LUNA PARK

The ELEPHANT

LUNA PARK

LUNA PARK

LAGOON & CHUTE

CONEY ISLAND

"DREAMLAND"

CONEY ISLAND

LOOP The LOOP

CONEY ISLAND 

STEEPLECHASE PARK

CONEY ISLAND

FELTMAN'S

Before There Was NATHAN'S There was FELTMAN'S

CONEY ISLAND, NEW YORK

FELTMAN'S

“By the 1870s, small sausage stands were to be found along the beach, to the dismay of conventional restaurant owners who regarded them as unsanitary, fire hazards, and a competitive threat,” explains Savoring Gotham.

Feltman’s genius, the story goes, is that he pioneered the elongated bun that fit the frankfurter perfectly and made it the top-selling street food for hungry beachgoers.

NATHAN'S FAMOUS

CONEY ISLAND

5 CENT HOT DOGS

NATHAN'S FAMOUS

HOT DOGS

CONEY ISLAND

SINATRA SAUCE

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Wonder Wheel Coney Island

 

The WONDER WHEEL

CONEY ISLAND

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The WONDER WHEEL

The Wonder Wheel is a 150-foot-tall (46 m) eccentric Ferris wheel at Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park at Coney Island in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The wheel is located on a plot bounded by West 12th Street to the west, Bowery Street to the north, Luna Park to the east, and the Riegelmann Boardwalk to the south. As with other eccentric Ferris wheels, some of the Wonder Wheel's passenger cabins are not fixed directly to the rim of the wheel, but instead slide along winding sets of rails between the hub and the rim.

Built in 1920 as one of several Ferris wheels on Coney Island, the Wonder Wheel was designed by Charles Hermann and operated by Herman J. Garms Sr. and his son Fred for six decades. Despite the subsequent economic decline of Coney Island, the Wonder Wheel continued to operate each summer through the 20th century. In 1983, Herman Garms's son Fred sold the ride to the Vourderis family, who restored the attraction and continue to run the wheel as of 2023. The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the Wonder Wheel as an official New York City landmark in 1989, and minor modifications were subsequently made to the attraction.

HISTORY 

At the time of the Wonder Wheel's construction, Coney Island was one of the largest amusement areas in the United States. The first Ferris wheel in Coney Island was built for nearby Steeplechase Park in 1894 and was erroneously billed as "The World's Largest". Several variations of the Ferris wheel were erected in the neighborhood in the 1900s and 1910s. The Wonder Wheel was unusual in that only one-third of its 24 cars were stationary, while the other two-thirds rolled on tracks within the wheel itself.

The Wonder Wheel was designed by Charles Hermann as an improvement on G.W.G. Ferris's giant wheel, and it was built for Herman J. Garms Sr. between 1918 and 1920 by the Eccentric Ferris Wheel Company. Coney Island landowner William J. Ward provided the land for the Wonder Wheel's construction. Garms, who had no formal financial experience, sold stock to family, other Coney Island business holders, and steelworkers. Hermann sold all his shares in the wheel to raise money for construction and operation. Alfred (Fred) Garms, Herman Garms's son, recalled that his father employed anyone who was willing to help erect the ride, teaching them how to construct the wheel. After the local ironworkers' union heard about the project, they attempted to force the workers to join the union. The elder Garms named all of the workers as stockholders of the Eccentric Ferris Wheel Company, preventing them from being forced to unionize. 

The wheel first opened on Memorial Day in 1920.  Hermann originally called it the "Dip-the-Dip", promising to combine in his new invention "the thrill of a scenic railway, the fun of a Ferris wheel, and the excitement of the Chute-the-Chutes". To help with the Wonder Wheel's upkeep, the Garms family lived under the Wonder Wheel during the summers. With the success of the Wonder Wheel, the Eccentric Ferris Wheel Company hoped to build more "wonder wheels" on the East Coast of the United States by the mid-1920s. Fred Garms worked on the ride as a ticket operator during the summer in the 1920s, when he was a child. By the time Fred had graduated high school in the early 1930s, he worked on the ride year-round, maintaining it.

After the ride's construction cost had been paid off, Herman Garms bought out most of the Eccentric Ferris Wheel Company's stockholders, then reduced the size of the corporation to a small number of people.

The WONDER WHEEL

CONEY ISLAND

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK

"KING KONG"

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Duck Dumplings Chinatown New York NYC

GREAT NEW YORK NOODLETOWN

"BEST SHRIMP WONTON SOUP in TOWN

Yes, the Best Shrimp Wonton Noodle Soup in town ($7.50) – I've been eating this dish since 1983, and "I Love It." There are no better wontons in town. The wrappers are gossamer thin and trail off like jellyfish into the rich brown broth. Rather than the usual pork or shrimp-and-pork filling, these bulge with shrimp alone, posing the question, “How many shrimp can you stuff in a wonton?” Indeed, jumbo shrimp are one of Noodletown’s signatures, with salt-baked shrimp ($19) another great order.

SHRIMP WONTON SOUP

Their Most FAMOUS DISH

ROAT DUCK

"I LOVE IT"

I used to Go to EAT DUCK in CHINATOWN, 2 Times a WEEK

"For YEARS" !!!

Choice of three Barbecued items on rice ($9.75) – The Chinese roasted meats (“Siu Mei”) hanging in the window is the soul of the cuisine, representing meat preparation methods so succulent that every bite is a salty and slightly sweet delight. The choices include lacquered strips of char siu pork, crisp-skinned baby pig, meaty Cantonese roast duck, and steamed chicken delicately flavored with scallions. You can’t make a wrong choice, but the baby pig (“roast pig” on the menu) is so popular, it sometimes runs out early in the day. Look in the window before you order, because bright-red cuttlefish, pork ribs, and chicken wings are sometimes additionally available. Make sure you request the green ginger-and-scallion sauce sometimes known as jiang rong.

CHICKEN & ROAST PORK Combo Over RICE

These BBQ MEAT OVER RICE are The BEST DISHES

to Get In CHINATOWN

You can Get Just 1 ITEM : DUCK, SOY SAUCE CHICKEN

BARBECUED PIG, or ROAST PORK

Or You can Get 2 or 3 ITEMS OVER RICE

For YEAR I ATE This DISH for $4.50 a PLATE

Then about 10 YEARS AGO it Went Up to $6.50 a Plate

and Stayed there for a FEW YEARS

NOW 1 ITEM OVER RICE is $7.50 to $8.50 a PLATE

In The YEAR 20024

ROAST & BBQed MEATS at NOODLETOWN

ANY PLACE That HAs DUCKS & PORK Hanging in The WINDOW

Is a RICE SHOP

THESE Are The BEST PLACES to EAT in CHINATOWN NYC

MARCO EATS & NOODLETOWN

MARCO Does NOODLETOWN

ROAST DUCK - SHRIMP WONTON SOUP

BBQ MEATS OVER RICE & ???

TASTY DUMPLINGS

54 MULBERRY STREET NYC

TASTY DUMPLING !!!

4 PORK DUMPLINGS for $2

CHEAPEST in CHINATOWN

"I REMEMBER When You GOT 5 DUMPLINGS for $1" !!!

PORK DUMPLINGS

At TASTY DUMPLNGS

NYC

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Recipe BIG NIGHT Timpano

BIG NIGHT !!!

"The TIMPANO"

Stanley Tucci, Marc Anthony & Tony Shaloub

TIMPANO

Timpano is the Italian pasta dish made famous in the movie Big Night. It’s sort of a refined ziti, which is encased in a shell of pasta, baked, and then unmolded. 

TOMATO SAUCE :

 

3 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion, chopped
2 anchovies (optional)
1/2 cup red wine
5 cloves garlic
One 16-ounce can San Marzano tomatoes, blended, then passed through a sieve
3 large, very ripe tomatoes, cut into quarters, blended, then passed through a sieve
2 teaspoons dried oregano
Pinch salt

Sauté the onion and anchovies in olive oil until the onions are translucent. After 10 minutes add the wine, then allow it to reduce by half. Transfer everything to a blender along with the garlic and purée until smooth, then return everything to the pot. Simmer with the tomatoes (both canned and fresh), oregano, and salt for 3 to 4 hours.

BIG NIGHT TIMPANO

1 oven-safe mold (I used a pot that was 6 inches wide and 4 inches high)
1 pound ricotta
1/4 head escarole, grilled (optional)
1 raw egg
Pinch salt
Pinch chili flakes
4 cups dried pasta (such as penne, ziti, or rigatoni), cooked
Enough cooked pasta sheets to cover your mold and top (wide lasagna sheets can also work) 
1 pound meat such as sausage, pancetta, or meatballs, cut into small pieces
3 to 4 medium boiled eggs, halved (a smaller mold may only be able to fit 3 eggs), plus one egg for an egg wash
1/2 pound mozzarella 

I thought it would be great to stuff the pasta with a ricotta filling instead of mixing everything together like traditional timpano. I grilled some escarole and minced it finely, then added it to ricotta with an egg and seasoned it with salt and chili. This mixture gets piped into each tube of pasta; I used a pastry bag.

Line your mold with pasta sheets, and then begin layering. I started with the ricotta-stuffed pasta, then added a layer of pasta sauce, and tapped the mold against the table. The fewer pockets of air in the timpano, the better its structure will be. 

TIMPANO is Also Called "TIMBALLO"

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