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Astroland Rocket Gets Donated to City

The Astroland Rocket is as good a mascot as any for the disintegrating state of Coney Island. After questions about where it would be housed once Astroland was dismantled, it has finally found a new home. From our inbox:

In a ceremony at noon today, Carol Hill Albert, co-owner of Astroland, donated Astroland’s most famous icon, the 71 foot Astroland Rocket to the City of New York. Robert Lieber accepted the rocket on behalf of the City Economic Development Corp.

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