Coney Island Exhibition Building

Reverse reads: "Exhibition Building at Coney Island" Coney Island is an amusement park on the banks of the Ohio River east of Cincinnati. It started as an apple orchard farm owned by James Parker. He soon realized that it was an attractive place for visitors. The orchard was then sold to Ohio Grove Corporation. It was officially named "Grove Park, the Coney Island of the West" and opened on June 21, 1886. In 1887, the Grove Park name was dropped, and it became Coney Island. Despite suffering through the Great Depression, World War I, World War II, and constant flooding of the Ohio River it became "America's Finest Amusement Park". Over the years, it became a full fledged amusement park, with rides and carnival games. In 1968, it was sold to Taft Broadcasting and moved 25 miles north of Cincinnati. With the opening of Kings Island in 1971, the park began to close, with only Sunlite Pool remaining open. No longer restricted by it's parent company, the successor to Taft Broadcasting, Coney Island has again become a traditional amusement park with rides. Coney Island is still an amusement park that thrills thousands of Cincinnatians