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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:

Coney Island on TV and Radio:

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Covington to Cincinnati on outdoor concerts: Turn down the volume

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

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

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

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

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

Destroying Coney Island for another music venue is heartbreaking | Letters

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

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

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

MEMI Responds to Backlash Over Coney Island Closure

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

Look Back at 137 Years of Coney Island History

Cincinnati Preservation Association denounces sale of Coney Island, Sunlite Pool

Coney Island and Sunlite Pool to Permanently Close

Resources related to pool access in the United States:

Stop Drowning Now

NY SWIMS Will Dramatically Expand Access to Safe Swimming

Floating East River Pool May Open to Public Next Year

Benefits of Swimming Pools by the NYC +Pool Project

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

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

Why America stopped building public pools

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

Considering History: The Very American History of Public Swimming Pools

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

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