Armbruster Book - Page 13

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visions had melted away in an unexpected degree, could hope to replenish their stock, so that they might be enabled to reach the city still alive. Of the many hotels which were old landmarks, we may mention: Norton & Murray's,, the Pavilion, McPherson's Point Comfort, Rosedale, Windsor, Bay View, Occidental House, Garry Katten's, Rauscher's, Tivoli, Rossmore, West End Union, Ravenhall's, Strathmore, Beach, Arctic, Neptune, Island House, Manhattan House, Ocean View, Washington House, Charles Feltman's, John Wyckoff's (for half a century), Green's, Paul Bauer's West Brighton Hotel and Casino, Continent Pavilion, Vanderveer House (now Sagamore Hotel), Thomas F. Cable's, later Doyle & Stubenbord's Prospect House (still standing, West 6th Street will be cut through its site) ; Vanderveer's Concourse, Sleight's, Sam. W. Felter's, Van Sicklen's, Thompson & Bennett's, Grand Union, Columbia, Bader's Grand Central, Dixon's, Major Butler's, Engeman's Ocean House at Brighton Beach, and East End Hotel at Point Breeze.

Then there were the establishments, to which the minds of all members of a family, visiting the island, turned at mealtimes, as Henderson's, Feltman's, Stauch's, etc.

The Manhattan Beach Hotel was opened in 1877, and razed in 1911. The Alexandra Fire Works Park, in the rear of the hotel, was established in 1879. The Oriental Hotel was opened in 1880 and demolished in 1916. The Brighton Beach Hotel was opened in 1878 under the name of Hotel Brighton and was razed in 1924.

The Sea Beach Palace was opened in 1878, its scant remains were moved to a new site about 1922. Steeplechase Park was established in 1897; the Sea Lion Park in 1902, becoming the nucleus of Luna Park, opened in 1903. Dreamland Park was opened in 1904 and destroyed by fire in 1911. The Observatory was set up here in 1877 and was destroyed by the fire of 1911. The Colossal Elephant was opened in 1884 and destroyed by fire in 1,996. Burkhardt's Fishing Grounds, so-called, were a dock about 200 feet off shore at Norton's Point. Mrs. Vanderveer's Bathing Pavilion 1882, Balmer's Bathing Pavilion subsequently occupied its site.