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Description: To celebrate the announcement in the beginning of March that theaters will reopen in April, our photo of the week takes us to the corner of Graham Avenue and Debevoise Street in Williamsburg. This corner was the location of the Folly Theater which opened on the afternoon of October 14, 1901.
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Subject: Photo of the Week , Williamsburg, Theaters, Entertainment , Neighborhood history
Creator: Amy Lau
Date: 2021, 2021 March 19
Description: This week's photo is of Inman's Casino, which was located on the Bowery of Coney Island.
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Subject: Photo of the Week , Coney Island, Entertainment
Creator: Ally Malinenko
Date: 2021, 2021 August 31
Description: This gangly construction was the brainchild of Rev. Dr. James Donohoe of St. Thomas Aquinas Church at 9th Street and 4th Avenue who, desiring to fund the construction of a new school to serve his parish, struck on the idea of offering outdoor picture shows on the planned school site.
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Subject: Photo of the Week , Religion, Entertainment
Creator: Deborah Tint
Date: 2022 April 8, 2022
Description: The world-famous Wonder Wheel is a Ferris wheel (also known as a pleasure wheel) designed by Romanian immigrant Charles Herman and operated by his business partner Herman Garms.
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Subject: Photo of the Week , Coney Island, Entertainment
Creator: Sarah Quick
Date: 2022, 2022 May 16
Description: Today's Photo of the Week rewinds to 1986, where a boy is peering into a Brighton Beach video store.
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Subject: Photo of the Week , Brighton Beach, Entertainment
Creator: Sarah Quick
Date: 2022 November 1, 2022
Description: Todays Photo of the Week is a cover of sheet music entitled "Mid Flame and Smoke: a descriptive song of the burning of the Brooklyn Theater."
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Subject: Photo of the Week , Entertainment
Creator: Ally Malinenko
Date: 2022 December 5, 2022
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