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By Matt Chaban 9/27/12 11:18am

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Stick It In Your Eye, London: Staten Island to Get 625-Foot Ferris Wheel, World’s Largest

Finally, a reason for tourists to get off the Staten Island Ferry after taking their free site-seeing cruise. Today, Mayor Michael Bloomberg will travel to St. George to finalized plans to construct the world’s largest ferris wheel at the northern tip of Richmond County. The oversized amusement is part of a larger hotel and retail complex to be developed by BFC Partners, a local real estate concern.

Mayor Bloomberg touted the new ferris wheel as yet another investment by his administration in the North Shore of Staten Island. Read More

By Andrew Wood 8/19/11 12:30pm

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Photo by Bennett Sell-Kline for ElectricZooFestival.com

Electric Zoo Gives Randall’s Island a Positive Charge

On a recent Sunday, The Observer stood on a vacant lot neighboring the East River. While wistfully admiring Manhattan’s picturesque Eastern skyline, we soaked in the park’s halcyon beauty. Turning back to face the body of the Randall’s Island, we tried to visualize this site swarming with thousands of sweaty, painted, and dust-covered beings.

The next time The Observer will be here the scene will be much different. In less than one month, this site will be filled with a crowd—twice the size of a packed-house at Madison Square Garden—moshing to the most celebrated deejays in house and electronic music. Read More