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BASED UPON CONFLICTING INFORMATION FROM VARIOUS HISTORIANS, WIKIPEDIA, GOOGLE SEARCH, THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AND NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, AND AFTER MUCH DELIBERATION, CONSIDERATION, AND INTERPOLATION, WE HAVE COME TO THIS CONCLUSION: IN 1901 PAUL BOYTON INVESTED $100000 IN IMPROVEMENTS TO SEA LION PARK. HE PURCHASED OR LEASED THE SIX ACRES WHERE THE ELEPHANT HOTEL HAD STOOD. HE MOVED THE FLIP-FLAP COASTER TO THAT AREA BORDERED BY WEST TWELFTH STREET AND THE NEW YORK & CONEY ISLAND RAIL ROAD. |