Star from Coney Island's Astroland sent to Smithsonian (USA Today)
Via usatoday.com:
WASHINGTON (AP) — 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.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2009-06-01-coney-island-star_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip
WASHINGTON (AP) — 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.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2009-06-01-coney-island-star_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip
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