Episode Details

Episode 052 - This episode starts with a convo already in progress (this is what happens when you talk before you press record)… Len & Gary talk about defunct movie theaters in NY & NJ (including Amboy Cinemas & Whitestone Cinemas), exploring movie theater history, viewing past aerial photos to compare landscape/building changes, the Bronx’s Co-op City and it’s earlier life as the theme park Freedomland, old train stations & train lines, more talk of changes in the area surrounding Landmine Studios, Six Flags Great Adventure, Disney World, Universal Studios, roller coasters, dangerous theme park rides, funnel cake, favorite ice cream flavors, “Closed For Storm” the upcoming documentary about the Six Flags New Orleans abandoned since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, documentaries including Sound City, Hired Gun, The Last Blockbuster and The Wrecking Crew, music business changes from the 60s to the current day, Magic Mountain, Cedar Point, fat guys vs roller coaster restraints,  fat guy airplane tales, NYC subway travel headaches, speculating on covid’s long term effects on the NYC work environment, how shared workspace solutions like WeWork fit into that scenario and more.  

Sites mentioned (not paid advertisements):
http://www.cinematreasures.org
http://www.historicaerials.com
https://www.closedforstorm.com/

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