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Empire State falls to our leader in Sconda Hoodies Across America, Ken Barker who came back from a four states to one deficit to take the lead over Zach “ZZ” Zimmerman. Barker took the lead in style too, posing for numerous pictures at the famous Coney Island.
“I had never been to Coney Island before, but my Pilot’s navigation system took me right to the boardwalk…love that thing!” Barker told Sconda Blog. “I can see why Coney Island has such a special place in the hearts of New Yorkers. It must be great growing up there or being able to take the subway to the beach.”
Photo 1: Barker stands in the shadow of the famous “Wonder Wheel“, which according to the highly paid research staff at Wikipiedia was built in 1918 and opened in 1920, this steel framed Ferris wheel has both stationary cars and rocking cars that slide along a track. It
holds 144 riders, stands 150 feet tall, and weighs over 2,000 tons. At night the Wonder Wheel’s steel frame is outlined and illuminated by neon tubes.
Photo 2: Our leader in SHAA stood beneath the “Eiffel Tower of Brooklyn” as it has been affectionately referred, but officially known as the Parachute Jump, was built in 1939 for the World’s fair and moved to Coney Island in 1941. Standing 262 feet tall and weighing 170 tons this ride stopped “pulling it’s ripcord” in 1968 and in 1980 was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Photo 3: Working up an appiteit on his busy day of sight seeing, Baker parked outside Nathan’s Famous for a hot dog. According to their website “Nathan’s Famous was founded by a Polish immigrant, Nathan Handwerker and his is truly an authentic ‘only in America story.’ He started his business in 1916 with a small hot dog stand in Coney Island, New York using a recipe developed by his wife, Ida.
Photo 4: For his final photo Barker stood beside the New York Aquarium, which is proud to hold the title of the America’s Oldest Continually Operating Aquarium, now in it’s 113th year.
We can only guess where Ken “Hoodie” Barker will end up next…but if you follow him on Twitter you may get some hints.
