Ride Inspector Size:8" x 10" known as the "Granite City"

known as the "Granite City" for its many gray-stone buildings

Cameramen line up outside the Queens County Courthouse in Long Island City where the trial for murder of Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray was in progress in 1927

which would be known as the Black Sox Scandal

double-decker buses - manned by a driver and conductor - lent a certain quaint flavor to New York's Fifth Avenue

The gasoline-powered

Ride Inspector Size:8" x 10" known as the "Granite City"It was a tough job, but someone had to do it. For many years, inspector kept "an official municipal eye" on Coney Island, documenting safety concerns across 120 rides. When our photographer Neal Boenzi took this picture in 1959, the inspector, then 62, was beginning his 20th year on the job and he "still enjoys the rides as much as any boy." The inspector had formed strong opinions. The Cyclone and the parachute jump at Steeplechase Park were his