City - Coney Island NY - Bowery Beer 1903 - Side by Side

by Mike Savad

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City - Coney Island NY - Bowery Beer 1903 - Side by Side

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Mike Savad

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Photograph - Colorized Photo

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Colorized photo from 1903
Original Title: The Bowery
Location: Coney Island, NY

Coney Island has a long history, it was the Disney of its time, with a huge theme park, wild attractions, and of course the Bowery, which served foods and drinks. Everyone had their own gimmicks, from free illegally shown movies, to cowboy themed bars. On the right you can buy souvenir, they look like ceramic vases. On the left you can get cinnamon buns, she is using an unusual tool that I've never seen before, odd spiral shape. Makes me think she presses it into the dough to make the spiral shape in it? And for some reason there is a playing card in the middle of the walkway.

Adjusting the overall tones for this was a bit challenging, there was quite the range in here. I chose red dome roof's because that is really the only consistent color reference this park has. The colors of the banners, some of them were from the actual product. Other's were just made to look pretty.

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January 23rd, 2017

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