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Coney Island Pavilion, 1845

Many history books report that Mr. Eddy and Mr. Hart, two New York speculators, built the first pavilion on the western end of Coney Island in 1844. However, a first-hand report of the grand opening of this pavilion in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle in 1845 states otherwise.

Coney Island Pavilion, 1845. Reed and Bielby, proprietors.

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