Others are art/commerce ... wonder of Coney Island, even at the height of its popularity, was that it never put on airs. The wondrousness of that wonder can be seen in a 43-second clip from ...

With its new show, “Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland, 1861-2008,” the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Conn., dives into the oceanfront playground’s role as a muse ...