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Photo is dated 12/11/11 in the title. Note the letters "NT" on the building. This should be the Alhabrama Alhambra Restaurant. Fire took place on the afternoon of December 11, 1911. NY Times. Four alarm fire contained to the Alhabrama Alhambra restaurant just south of the park lake. Dreamland, across the street from Luna Park, had just been totally ruined by fire in May.

Thanks roketpad! We'll add the additional information to the date in the source data and reload the description. Just to clarify, the spelling of the restaurant where the fire broke out was "Alhambra."

Woops! Thank you for checking my "facts" :) I corrected the first comment just in case a later reader doesn't notice.

Jesus, Mary and Joseph - what a shot !

"Como é bonito nosso planeta..."

Seriously just gorgeous and epic.

epic

making history

FLAMES SWEEP CONEY ISLAND; Blaze Starts in Dreamland, Spreads Rapidly, and Park Is Soon Wholly Wiped Out. May 27, 1911, Saturday Page 1, 1620 words Like the fire of four years ago which, starting at the west end of the Bowery at Coney Island, burned out Steeplechase Park and all the surrounding amusement enterprises, a blaze started in Dreamland Park at Coney Island some time after midnight last night and, feeding on the flimsy woodwork and paper mache structures which enclose the park, it gained good headway before it was discovered at 2:10 o'clock. query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B0DE0D81031E233A...