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THE PORTFOLIO OFNicholas Daniel Banks
STUDIO 3
HAND RENDERING 18
3D RENDERING 24
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE 27
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PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL RETURNED TO BROOKLYN IN 2001
WITH THE HELP OF THIS BRAND NEW PARK LOCATED IN THE
CONEY ISLAND SECTION. AND THE SETTING DOES NOT GET MUCH
BETTER THAN WHAT FANS HAVE AT KEYSPAN PARK. IT IS LOCATED
RIGHT NEXT TO THE ASTROLAND AMUSEMENT PARK WHICH
PROVIDES THE BACKDROP IN LEFT FIELD. THE OCEAN AND A
BOARDWALK PROVIDE A UNIQUE BACKDROP OVER THE RIGHT
FIELD FIELD FENCE. BUT THE BEST ASPECT OF KEYSPAN PARK IS
THAT IT'S A BIT DIFFERENT FROM OTHER NEW PARKS. THEY REALLY
TRIED TO INCORPORATE IT INTO THE SURROUNDING AREA, AND
THEREFORE WERE ABLE TO ADD SOME UNIQUE TOUCHES. THE
EXTERIOR IS NOT ENTIRELY RED BRICK AS FOUND IN SO MANY
NEW PARKS - IT IS OFFSET BY SOME LIGHT BROWN CONCRETE AS
WELL AS NEON SIGNS THAT LIGHT IT UP. THE FRONT OF THE PARK
WILL EVENTUALLY HOUSE SEVERAL STORES, THOUGH NONE ARE
OPEN YET. THE INSIDE OF THE PARK IS SETUP IN A RATHER TYPICAL
FASHION - AN OPEN CONCOURSE OVERLOOKING THE FIELD WITH
LUXURY BOXES STACKED ON TOP. BUT INSTEAD OF SPREADING
OUT THE LUXURY BOXES DOWN BOTH LINES, THEY ARE INSTEAD
STACKED TWO HIGH, THEREFORE THE CONCOURSE IS NOT
COVERED AS FAR DOWN THE LINES. FURTHER DOWN EACH LINE
ON BOTH SIDES (PAST THE BASES), ARE LARGE WAVY AWNINGS
WHICH PROVIDE ADDITIONAL COVER. BLEACHER SEATS ARE
LOCATED PAST THE RIGHT FIELD FENCE. THE CONCOURSE AREA
HAS PLENTY OF CONCESSION STANDS, THOUGH THE FARE IS
SURPRISINGLY LIMITED, AND ON THE EXPENSIVE SIDE.
UNDERNEATH THE LUXURY BOXES THE CONCOURSE IS LIT BE
FLORESCENT COLORED LIGHTS TO FIT IN WITH THE NEON
SIGNAGE OF THE NEIGHBORING AMUSEMENT PARK. NEON IS ALSO
PRESENT OF THE LIGHT POLES AS LARGE COLORED RINGS
SURROUND THE TOP OF EACH STANDARD. THE PARK ALSO
FEATURES A MULTI-LEVELED GIFT SHOP, STOCKED WITH TONS OF
MERCHANDISE. PARKING IS $4, AND IS QUITE PLENTIFUL. THE
CYCLONES HAVE TON A SUPERB JOB OF MAKING THIS PARK
FIT INTO ITS CONEY ISLAND SURROUNDINGS. AND
THE FANS HAVE CERTAINLY TAKEN TO IT, AS
EVERY GAMEHAS BEEN A SELLOUT.
JUST A COOL PLACE TO SEE
AG
AM
E
Com
ing
dow
n fr
om
Dow
npat
rick
Stop
ping
off
at
St. J
ohn'
s Po
int
Out
all
day
bird
wat
chin
g A
nd t
he c
raic
was
go
od
Stop
ped
off
at
Stra
ngfo
rd L
ough
Ear
ly in
the
mor
ning
D
rove
th
roug
h
Shrig
ley
taki
ng p
ictu
res
And
on t
o Ki
llyle
agh
Stop
ped
off
for
Sund
ay
pape
rs
at
the
Leca
le
Dis
tric
t, ju
st
befo
re
Cone
y Is
land
On
and
on, o
ver
the
hill
to
Ard
glas
s In
th
e
jam
jar,
autu
mn
suns
hine
,
mag
nific
ent
And
all
shin
ing
thro
ugh
Stop
off
at A
rdgl
ass
for a
cou
ple
of ja
rs o
f Mus
sels
and
som
e po
tted
her
rings
in
case
We
get
fam
ishe
d be
fore
dinn
er O
n an
d on
, ove
r the
hill
and
the
crai
c is
goo
d H
eadi
ng
tow
ards
Con
ey Is
land
I lo
ok a
t
the
side
of
your
fac
e as
the
sunl
ight
com
es
Stre
amin
g th
roug
h th
e
win
dow
in
th
e au
tum
n
suns
hine
A
nd
all
the
time
goin
g to
Co
ney
Isla
nd
I'm
thin
king
, Wou
ldn'
t it b
e gr
eat i
f
it w
as li
ke th
is a
ll th
e tim
e.
I met
her
at t
he B
urge
r Kin
g w
e
fell
in
love
by
th
e so
da
mac
hine
So w
e to
ok t
he c
ar d
ownt
own
the
kids
wer
e ha
ngin
g ou
t al
l
arou
nd
Then
we
wen
t do
wn
to C
oney
Isla
nd
on
the
coas
ter
and
arou
nd a
gain
And
no
one'
s go
nna
ever
tea
r
us
apar
t ca
use
she'
s m
y
swee
thea
rt
All
right
, oh
yeah
Oh
oh I
love
her
so
Oh
oh I
love
her s
o O
h oh
I lo
ve h
er s
o
Remem
ber, remem
ber, ladies and
gentlemen,
the cool
of the
evening is the time to see the
ostrich and mark his m
any pecu-
li-ar-ities
That’s the way she looks, gents.
You’ll find them on the inside just
as they are represented on the
canvas! Step right up and the
gentlemanly
usher w
ill escort
you to points of vantage!
“Ocean m
e not,” the lover cried, “I
am
your surf-to
you I’m
tide;
Don’t breaker heart, fair one, but
wave O
bjections thine, this sand I
crave.” “O
h billow
Bill,”
she
blushed, “I sea You would deach
osen shore
by m
e, But
I’m
merm
aid not yet in seine, And
shell for
years that
way
remain.”
Crowds
of m
en and
wom
en
attired in the usual costumes,
how curious you are to m
e! On
the ferry-boats the hundreds and
hundreds that cross, returning
home, are m
ore curious to me
than you suppose, And you that
shall cross from shore to shore
years hence are more to m
e, and
more in m
y meditations, than
you might suppose?
The ride was originally built to
help train troops, but the
creator had so many civilian
requests to ride his prototype
that he converted the idea to
an amusement ride
The Parachute Jump was
bought by Edward Tilyou
from the 1939 New York
World's Fair. The ride was run
at the Lifesavers exhibit and
opened for the 1941 season. It
stood 262 feet at its tallest
point and had twelve chutes,
each with a seat that held two
passengers
. Each seat of the ride was
pulled up to the top of the
tower where they would feel a
slight jolt. All of the sudden
the parachute would open
with a "whoosh" and down
the seat would fall, back the
beach and world of
Steeplechase Park
The Parachute Jump was
declared a Landmark on July
10, 1977, so the wrecking ball
cannot touch it. The tower,
painted a deep red, is known
by many as Brooklyn's Eiffel
Tower. Be sure to stop by and
take a gander while strolling
down the boardwalk.
Sitt
ing
on
a ca
rous
el
ride
with
out a
ny m
usic
or l
ight
.
Ever
ythi
ng
was
cl
osed
at
Cone
y Is
land
, and
I co
uld
not
help
from
sm
iling
.
I ca
n he
ar t
he A
tlant
ic e
cho
back
ro
ller
coas
ter
scre
ams
from
sum
mer
s pa
st.
And
eve
ryth
ing
was
clo
sed
at
Cone
y Is
land
, and
I co
uld
not
help
from
sm
iling
.
Broo
klyn
will
fill
in t
he b
each
even
tual
ly a
nd e
very
one
will
go e
xcep
t me.
- D
eath
Cab
for
Cutie By
19
41
the
"gra
nd
old
Cone
y" s
low
ly b
egan
its
tre
k
dow
n th
e lo
ng
road
to
econ
omic
ruin
. The
end
of t
he
year
sa
w
Am
eric
a ba
ndin
g
toge
ther
to
fight
a c
omm
on
enem
y of
fr
eedo
m
and
an
econ
omy
surg
ing
for
the
first
time
in m
any
year
s.
“Oce
an
me
not,”
th
e lo
ver
crie
d, “
I am
you
r su
rf-t
o yo
u
I’m t
ide;
Don
’t br
eake
r he
art,
fair
one,
but
wav
e O
bjec
tions
thin
e, t
his
sand
I c
rave
.” “O
h
billo
w B
ill,”
she
blus
hed,
“I s
ea
You
wou
ld d
each
ose
n sh
ore
by m
e, B
ut I
’m m
erm
aid
not
yet
in
sein
e,
And
sh
ell
for
year
s tha
t way
rem
ain.
”
T h e bathing dress
should be made of a woolen fabric, we particularly insist upon woolen as the material to be worn as it retains the heat of the body, and therefore prevents a too rapid evaporation. Maroon and blue are the proper colors, as they resist the corrosive and bleaching effects of the salt-water. The dress should consist essentially of the two parts-a pair of pantaloons and a blouse…The pantaloons…should not be buttoned too tightly to the ankles, as circulation would thereby be impeded. Enter the water resolutely and briskly, until the water reaches the waist. If you can swim three strokes without going under, it is a fair start. - Dr. Durant
For y
ears
Con
ey Is
land
in B
rook
lyn,
New
York
was
the
plac
e fo
r the
peo
ple
of th
e
Nor
thea
st to
pla
y. R
ich
and
poor
, you
ng
and
old,
eve
ryon
e ca
me
to C
oney
. Th
e
peop
le w
ho v
isite
d be
twee
n th
e la
te
eigh
teen
hun
dred
s and
191
1 sa
w C
oney
as t
he w
orld
. It
touc
hed
them
in a
way
noth
ing
else
cou
ld.
Like
all
eras
and
loca
les i
n A
mer
ica
Cone
y ha
s a h
isto
ry a
s
varie
d an
d in
tere
stin
g as
the
mel
ting
pot
of p
eopl
e w
ho p
laye
d th
ere
for d
ecad
es.
"Coney Island was a kind
of magazine of life, except instead of reading about it
and seeing color pictures, you could experience it," - historian Elliot
Willensky
"Coney," one man said, "is the most bewilderingly up-to-date place
of amusement in the world."
It is blatant, it is cheap, it is the apotheosis of the ridiculous. But it is
something more; it is like Niagara Falls or the Grand Canyon or
Yellowstone Park; it is a national playground, and not to have seen it
is not to have seen your own country," said Reginald Wright
Kauffman
If Paris is France, then Coney island, between June and September, is
the world. English dukes and earls, French viscomtes, German
barons, senators and even presidents and vice-presidents, railroad
kinks, merchant princes, society queens – every human being of
eminence or note in the American Continent can be found
promenading the enormous hotel corridors, dining in the vast
saloons or wandering on the beach.
The socialist writer Maxim Gorky said,
"With the advent of night a fantastic city of fire suddenly rises from
the ocean into the sky. Thousands of ruddy sparks glimmer in the
darkness, limning in fine, sensitive outline on the black background
of the sky, shapely towers of miraculous castles, palaces and
temples. Golden gossamer threads tremble in the air. They
intertwine in transparent, flaming patterns, which flutter and melt
away in love with their own beauty mirrored in the waters.
Fabulous beyond conceiving, ineffably beautiful, is this fiery
scintillation."
Albert Bigelow Paine- “Suddenly childhood returned, and we slid
and kept on sliding until we were altogether certain that we had
lost the respect of any friend or relative who might happen to be in
the crowd of spectators below.”
For my first day of labor, I realized $13.45, which seemed to me a
fortune, so I immediately retired. Having heard of the great
exhibition in Philadelphia, I started alone for that place with the full
intention of purchasing the main building, but after some arriving
on the grounds I changed my plans and bought pink lemonade and
pop-corm instead – George C. Tilyou
Coney Island is a lively and absorbing portrait of the extraordinary
amusement empire that astonished, delighted, and
shocked the nation -- and took
Americans from the
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Plan: 1 1/2” = 1’
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Elevation: 1/2” = 1’
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