Two weekends ago, Luna Park at Coney Island made its debut — finally reopening to the public for the first time since a pair of fires in 1944 closed it down. If you haven’t had a chance to check it out for yourself yet, there’s a great opportunity tomorrow at 11AM as the Save Coney Island volunteer-run non-profit leads a historical tour of buildings threatened with imminent demolition. Hope to see you there!

In the meantime, check out these beautiful before-and-after photos of Luna Park, kindly provided by Wikimedia Commons and the New York City Economic Development Corporation, which has a beautiful set of photos from the opening weekend which you can find here. Thanks so much to the NYCEDC, which gave me the heads-up via Twitter!

Luna Park in 1913 and 1905:

Luna Park NOW!