Coney Island
Erin Merdy, whose children, ages 7, 4, and 3 months, were found unconscious, “has mental problems. We ask for people to have some grace and understand that,” her aunt said.
“There was absolutely no indication at that time of the vile, disturbed man that he was to become.”
Rinne Groff’s ‘Fire in Dreamland’ contrasts a historic fire on Coney Island with a nervy relationship between two aspiring filmmakers. It’s a jarring meeting of past and present.
In 1906, Samuel Friede wanted to build a leisure tower on Coney Island. All he needed were people to invest in his audacious scheme, and buy stock in his company. Cue: disaster.
When The Donald’s dad destroyed a Coney Island landmark with big plans for a development, he expected the Brooklyn Democratic machine to smooth the way.
In this exclusive clip from the documentary The Wolfpack, six brothers raised in captivity take their trip ever to the beach: ‘It’s like Lawrence of Arabia.’
ISIS may want to destroy it, but America's most famous escape will always survive as our unique spectacle.