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<td colspan="2">In the period the Cyclone has emerged as the outdoor amusement industry's most
famous, most influential, and most copied individual ride.</font>
<p>Brothers Jack and Irving Rosenthal commissioned Vernan Keenan to design, and Harry
C. Baker to construct, a monumental wooden-tracked twister, which was
forced to be exceptionally tight and steep because of the small ground
space that was available to them. Construction then began on a site historically
significant in the world of roller coasters -- the Cyclone occupies the
space, which contained the world's very first roller coaster, LaMarcus
A. Thompson's Switchback Railway, as well as the world's first successful
looping roller coaster, Loop The Loop. With power supplied by the Eisenberg
Brothers of Brooklyn, signs from Menheimer and Weiss of New York City,
steel from the National Bridge Company, also of New York City, and lumber
from Cross, Austin & Ireland, located in Long Island City, the Cyclone
quickly became Coney Island's number one attraction, a status it maintains
to this day.</font></p>
<p>When the Rosenthal Brothers left Coney Island to operate their newest property,
Palisade Amusement Park, they turned over the operation of the Cyclone
to Chris Feuchts, who lovingly maintained and ran the ride for decades.
Eventually, ownership of Cyclone was acquired by the City of New York,
and it was operated by the City's Parks Department.</font></p>
<p>Dewey and Jerome Albert, owners of Astroland Park, received authorization
to operate the Cyclone under a leasing agreement with New York City. The
Alberts had teams of carpenters and iron workers completely rehabilitate
the ride, which reopened to great fanfare on July 1st of that year. Since
that time, Astroland Park has invested millions of dollars in the upkeep
of the Cyclone -- today, it probably runs better than it did on the day
it opened, and has the highest safety standards in the outdoor amusement
industry.
<p>An official New York City Landmark since July 12, 1988, Cyclone was listed in the
New York State Register of Historic Places on June 12, 1991. National
Historic Landmark status followed, on June 26, 1991, the anniversary of
its 64th year of thrills. On April 14, 1992, Brooklyn Borough President
Howard Golden issued a citation to Jerome Albert and the late Dewey Albert
for their operation of both Astroland and the Cyclone, saluting them for
being the primary energizing force in the regeneration of the Coney Island
Amusement District.</font></p>
<p>The Cyclone, now faster than ever, is the heart and soul of Coney Island, birthplace
of the American amusement industry, and going strong for over 150 years!
<a href="home.html">Coney Island's Astroland</a>
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