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Vacation Circus: 1915
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 05/23/2007 - 4:09am.
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Submitted by Brent on Sun, 05/11/2008 - 1:43pm.
The 71st Armory - where the 1915 Vacation Circus was held - was a most impressive stone structure inspired by the Sienese Palazzo Pubblico, complete with a huge tower. Naturally it was torn down in the 1960s to be replaced ten years later by an anonymous skyscraper.
Under the (flammable) big top
Submitted by Mattie on Sun, 05/11/2008 - 12:12am.
After reading "The Circus Fire" by Stewart O'Nan, I never want to find myself in a wooden structure under that much fabric.
Vacation Circus Outdid Barnum
Submitted by EvenS on Sat, 05/10/2008 - 6:30pm.
NY Times article on the 1915 Vacation circus.
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