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  • Seaside Park and Community Arts Center / Ford Amphitheater, Boston Valley Terra Cotta, Restoration, award, Brooklyn, New York, Terra Cotta Masonry, Hand Press, RAM Press, Slip Cast, Glaze

Seaside Park and Community Arts Center / Ford Amphitheater

Location

Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY

Forming Method

Hand Press, RAM Press, Slip Cast

Architect

Kaese Architect

Market

Public

Installation Contractor

Pullman

General Contractor

Hunter Roberts

Region

Northeast

Application

Terra Cotta Masonry

Categorized as: Architectural Terra Cotta
Photo Credit: ©Christopher Payne/Esto

The New York Landmarks Conservancy

Lucy G. Moses Preservation Project Award
Child’s Building and Ford Amphitheater at Seaside Park (May 8, 2018)

Trinity Project Award – Restoration

Seaside Park and Community Arts Center (March 7, 2017)

Tags: Hand Press, Northeast, Public, RAM Press, Restoration, Slip Cast, Terra Cotta Masonry,

After years of sitting vacant, the former Childs Restaurant Building on Coney Island has been redeveloped into the Seaside Park and Community Art Center. Opened in 1923, during the height of Coney Island’s popularity as a vacation spot for people to escape the city, the building served as a restaurant until the early 1950s. It was given NYC landmark status in 2002.

Originally designed by the firm of Dennison & Hirons, the Childs Restaurant building is a Spanish Colonial Revival style with a stucco facade and fantastically decorated terra cotta ornament. Originally fabricated by the Atlantic Terra Cotta company, the terra cotta ornaments feature a nautical motif, depicting sailing ships, the sea god Neptune as well as many intricately carved sea creatures. Both the physical detail and whimsical colors of the blocks are impressive to view.

Seaside Park Community Arts Center, custom glaze, restoration, terra cotta
Seaside Park Community Arts Center, custom glaze, restoration, terra cotta
Seaside Park Community Arts Center, custom glaze, restoration, terra cotta
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