Cyclone Lounger

You can almost hear the “click clacking” of Coney Island’s famous Cyclone roller coaster when you look at the white laser-cut metal base of this lounge chair. One of several items in Uhuru‘s Coney Island Line, this piece is crafted from reclaimed wood from the demolished iconic boardwalk. “The Ipe, first installed on the boardwalk in the late 1940’s, has weathered in the sun, salt, and snow for 70 years.  The design is inspired by the duality of Coney Island- its whimsical, colorful summers and melancholy winters,” says the design & build Red Hook company. “The pieces interpret the architecture of the desolate dreamscape: low-rise buildings patched with signs and seasonal layers of paint, beneath the towering old-fashioned roller coaster.”

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