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Coney Island Kiddie Park Getting Squeezed by Thor Equities
Coney Island had 64 rides when we did our annual ride census in April, but starting this week it will have 62. McCullough’s Kiddie Park, whose colorful banners trumpeting “More Rides” had a dozen...
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London Calling: Saving Burlington Arcade from Thor
Not done desecrating Coney Island’s amusement area by evicting longtime tenants and creating empty lots, Thor Equities moved on to London in 2010. Joe Sitt’s first European acquisition was the...
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The New Coney Island: Thor Equities Vacant Lots, Dummy Arcades
With just 75 days left in Mayor Bloomberg’s administration, we’ve been taking stock of the new Coney Island, which began to take shape after the July 2009 rezoning and during the Mayor’s third term....
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Coney Island Rumor Mill: No Rides But Games, Food & Merch Coming to Thor’s Lot
Today brought a new twist to the November rumor that an amusement park is coming to one of Thor Equities’ CEO Joe Sitt’s vacant lots in 2015. The latest from the Coney Island Rumor Mill is that there...
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Tatyana Fazlalizadeh to Draw Portraits of Coney Island Residents for Coney...
Artist Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, best known for her public art project “Stop Telling Women To Smile,” put out a call on twitter today: “Brooklyn: I’m looking for Coney Island residents who’d like to...
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Thor Equities Buying 3 Lots on Coney Island’s Bowery, Mom & Pops Await Rent...
Thor Equities’ CEO Joe Sitt is expanding his Coney Island empire by buying up three Bowery lots on both sides of West 12th Street. ATZ has learned that longtime property owner Jeff Persily and partner...
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Thor’s Coney Island: Joe Sitt Wants Zoning Changes to 2009 Rezoning to Build...
As part of the controversial Coney Island Rezoning of 2009, Thor Equities CEO Joe Sitt got Mayor Bloomberg to rezone his Surf Avenue property in the amusement area for hotels of up to 30 stories. A...
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