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Sea Lion Park, the first enclosed amusement park
1895
Coney Island, Brooklyn
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Paul Boyton fenced sixteen acres in 1895 and charged at the gate, which no amusement ground in North America had done before. Until then the seaside was a scatter of separate pay as you go concessions. Luna Park took the site over in 1903.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
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