Sunnyside Garden Arena Traditional Cache
StrandsAndPonds: Happened to be in the area when this dnf popped up (I moved away a couple years ago) so I checked on it and it is, indeed, missing. I am going to archive this as I will no longer be able to maintain a replacement.
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Our first hide! You will definately need tweezers for this one.
This sight, which is now a popular fast food restaurant was once a very popular red brick boxing arena. Built in the 1920s as tennis courts, this arena flourished as a venue for wrestling and boxing from 1947 to 1977. In its heyday, the Sunnyside Garden played host to such boxing greats as Floyd Patterson, Anthony Pugliese, Tony Canzoneri, Al Singer, Ruby Goldstein, and Billy Petrolle. For some years it was home to the Golden Gloves tournaments. Famous wrestlers battled there too, notably Haystacks Calhoun, Cowboy Bill, Jim Londos (the Golden Greek), Stan Zybysko, Strangler Lewis, and Bruno Sammartino. Sunnyside Garden was also the site of political rallies, including a 1960 visit by then-senator John F. Kennedy during is presidential campaign tour, as well as Robert Kennedy during is 1964 Senatorial campaign tour. The Sunnyside Garden is generally considered the last survivor of the New York neighborhood fight clubs, having outlived the St. Nicholas Arena in Manhattan (1962), the Coney Island Velodrome in Brooklyn (1950) and the Jerome Avenue Boxing Club in the Bronx. The demise of these venues is largely attributed to the arrival of television. However, the Sunnyside Garden Arena managed to profit and its fights were shown on Channel 5 on Friday nights. Some attribute its demise to the building of Madison Square Garden's Felt Forum which became the new home for the Golden Gloves. The last show at Sunnyside took place on June 24, 1977 and the building was demolished in December of the same year. The Daily News reported on December 6th, that the payloader at the demolition site, having fallen partly into the basement after collapsing a basement was vandalized, as was a second payloader sent to rescue the first. At least it didn't go without a fight. The cache is in the general vicinity of the plaque that commemorates the arean. It is small, somewhat devious and will require tweezers for the logbook.
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