Built in 1920 as one of the various Ferris wheel on Coney Island, the Wonder Wheel was originally managed by Herman J. Garms Sr. Despite the subsequent financial and economic problems on Coney Island, the Wonder Wheel has continued to work over the years. In 1983 it was sold to the Vourderis family, which continues to drive the wheel. In 1989, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the Wonder Wheel as an official New York City monument.
A black and white photo combined with an abstract acrylic painting.
I remembered that as a young girl I so much liked to cut images from magazines to paste them into school agendas, scrapbooks and even on my bedroom door. Add to this the fascination I always had for walls filled with old posters, flaking paint, scrappy billboards.. Read more…