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One of the most famous sites in a New Jersey shore town is coming down, taking with it decades of fun childhood memories for locals and tourists.
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One → come → locals
The Ferris wheel that was a focal point of the shuttered Gillian’s Wonderland Pier in Ocean City will soon be demolished.
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that → shutter → City
"Right now, we have a decrepit and decaying site, and we have to do something.
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we → have → something
You know, time is not on our side,” real estate developer Eustace Mita, who purchased the site in 2021, told news outlet WPVI.
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who → know → WPVI
Gillian’s Wonderland Pier opened in 1965 and closed in 2024 — a week before its 94-year-old founder, Roy Gillian, died, CBS News Philadelphia previously reported.
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Philadelphia → open → 2024
Now the iconic Ferris wheel, weathered by years of salt air, will soon be cut apart.
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wheel → weather → air
Mita explained that the Ferris wheel’s bolts and major components have been fused due to corrosion, meaning it cannot simply be disassembled and preserved.
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it → explain → corrosion
"It would make it impossible to reassemble in place anywhere," he told WPVI.
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he → make → WPVI
Locals are grieving the loss of the beloved Ferris wheel, with Andrew Boylan calling it “a big staple of Wonderland.”
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Boylan → grieve → Wonderland
"It feels like a lot of memories are being taken away,” Boylan, who spent 13 years working at Gillian’s Wonderland Pier, told CBS News Philadelphia.
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who → feel → News
Stu Newman, who would go to the pier as a child, said, "I'm an engineer, so I understand that aspect of it, but from a personal side it's going to have a lot of attachment to a lot of people that have ridden that thing decades ago.
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that → go → thing
"I'm upset because it is a cornerstone of Ocean City and we all have wonderful memories of it,” said Mary Anne Munning, who stopped by the site to take a photo of the Ferris wheel Tuesday before it gets demolished.
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it → have → wheel
In June, the Ocean City Council voted to designate the former Gillian’s Wonderland Pier as an area “in need of rehabilitation,” bringing Mita one step closer to creating a 252-room oceanfront hotel.
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Council → vote → hotel
The developer initially planned to keep the Ferris wheel part of the property.
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developer → plan → property
"Our thought was we will rehab it, keep it, and actually raise it by 10 feet.
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we → rehab → feet
That will be a $1.5 million project," Mita told WPVI in 2024.
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Mita → tell → 2024
But Mita’s proposal has yet to be approved, and the city council’s designation has been challenged in court.
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designation → have → court
Several community groups filed a lawsuit to reverse the council’s decision to designate the site as “in need of rehabilitation,” WPVI reported in August.
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WPVI → file → August
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