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Coney Island in video:
Coney Island's Sunlite Pool
Coney Island's Cannonball Cove

Summer Fun at Coney Island

Since the announcement of the sale of Coney Island to the CSO/MEMI Inc. on December 14, 2023,
the subject  has received a large amount of press coverage. Here are a selection of links:

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Coney Island on TV and Radio:

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Coney Island has closed, but park goers aren't giving up the fight

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'Save Coney Islanders' putting up billboards in effort to save Sunlite Pool

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The Save Coney Islanders host cheese coney special in honor of National Chili Day


WLW Scott Sloan Show with Victoria Vogelgesang (begin at1:09)

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Protesters rally again to try and stop Coney Island's closure

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Possibility of community-organized boycott looms as Coney Island prepares to close

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People gather for peaceful protest over Coney Island's impending closure

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Family who fought to integrate Coney Island in 1960s reflects on park's history

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8-year-old comes up with 19-step plan to save Coney Island

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A look back at the history of Cincinnati's Coney Island

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Coney Island and related stories in newspaper articles:

Sunlite Pool was never dying, but Cincinnati Symphony is killing it | Letters

 

MEMI, CSO won't acknowledge cost of closing Coney Island

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Eat Cheese Coneys This Weekend to Help Save Coney Island's Sunlite Pool

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Where is the outrage regarding 'murder of Coney Island?| Opinion

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Covington to Cincinnati on outdoor concerts: Turn down the volume

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Cincinnati Symphony should keep Sunlite Pool open alongside new music venue | Opinion


Book publisher needs your help remembering Coney Island


Preservation Group Wants You to Show Your Love for Coney Island This Valentine's Day


Despite protests, $118 million transformation of Coney Island could receive taxpayer money

 

Coney Island music venue: Leaders seek $20M from Ohio taxpayers for project

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CSO, MEMI can be our heroes instead of our heartbreakers by saving Coney Island | Opinion

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Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is The Grinch who stole Coney Island | Letters

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Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra stabs city in the back by closing Coney Island | Opinion

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'There are other ways': Future uncertain for Coney Island landmarks as closure nears

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Destroying Coney Island for another music venue is heartbreaking | Letters

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Closing Coney Island might make owner rich, but city is poorer for it | Opinion

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Did Anderson Twp. know about Coney Island sale? Officials say no heads-up was given

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Coney Island is closing. Take a look at the Ohio park over the past 137 years in Cincinnati

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MEMI Responds to Backlash Over Coney Island Closure

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Sunlite Pool and Moonlite Gardens deserve more than 'bulldozer's blade,' society says

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Look Back at 137 Years of Coney Island History

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Cincinnati Preservation Association denounces sale of Coney Island, Sunlite Pool

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Coney Island and Sunlite Pool to Permanently Close

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Resources related to pool access in the United States:

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Stop Drowning Now

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NY SWIMS Will Dramatically Expand Access to Safe Swimming

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Floating East River Pool May Open to Public Next Year

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Benefits of Swimming Pools by the NYC +Pool Project

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When It Comes to Swimming, ‘Why Have Americans Been Left on Their Own?’

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It’s Going to Be a Hot Summer. It Will Be Hotter if You’re Not Rich.

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Why America stopped building public pools

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Empty About 3 Decades, Pool From the Depression Era Reopens to Cool Off Brooklyn

Considering History: The Very American History of Public Swimming Pools

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"Contested Waters" Book Discussion with University of Montana History Professor Jeff Wiltse

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