GAcoaster Posted May 29, 2009 Report Share Posted May 29, 2009 From Examiner.com: Star from Coney Island's Astroland headed to DC A piece of Coney Island's history will have a new home at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. Museum officials announced Thursday that an 8-foot-high star from the now closed space-age theme park, Astroland, will become part of the National Air and Space Museum's popular culture collection. It was one of two spinning stars at Astroland's entrance, installed in 1963 at the height of the space race. Carol Hill Albert and Jerome Albert, owners of the former Astroland Park, donated the star. Smithsonian curators say it embodies the widespread excitement about human space flight in the 1960s. The Alberts closed Astroland after failing to reach a lease agreement with a developer who purchased the New York land in 2006. That's cool that they're saving one of the stars! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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