{"id":22848,"date":"2026-04-10T11:57:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T15:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/?p=22848"},"modified":"2026-04-10T11:57:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T15:57:10","slug":"coney-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/2026\/04\/coney-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Coney Island"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" data-attachment-id=\"22849\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/2026\/04\/coney-island\/img_4211\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4211-scaled.jpeg?fit=2560%2C1920&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 15&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1775480565&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.96&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00048496605237633&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_4211\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4211-scaled.jpeg?fit=960%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4211.jpeg?resize=960%2C720&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4211-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4211-scaled.jpeg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4211-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4211-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4211-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4211-scaled.jpeg?resize=1194%2C896&amp;ssl=1 1194w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4211-scaled.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Coney Island&#8217;s mascot, the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steeplechase_Face\">Steeplechase Face<\/a>. Not to be confused with <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tillie_(murals)\">Tillie, the knock off from Asbury Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coney Island&#8217;s mascot, the Steeplechase Face. 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