STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Mayor Michael Bloomberg is along for the ride. On his radio show today, Bloomberg climbed on board with plans to build the world's biggest Ferris wheel on the North Shore of ...

The big wheel keeps on burning — through cash. The cost of the New York Wheel project on Staten Island is nearing $600 million, more than $300 million over its original estimate. The opening of ...

The giant Staten Island Ferris-wheel project is spinning out of control. The design team building the 630-foot-high New York Wheel on the borough’s north shore got into a bitter pay dispute with ...

There are four pedestals on the St. George waterfront, each weighing 100 tons, designed for the legs of a massive Ferris wheel that may be on its last legs now.

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The story of Boblo Island. In 1898, the Detroit, ... Ferris wheel, fun house and more. A miniature railroad was built around the island in the 60s, along with a upgraded dock area.

The world's largest Ferris wheel is scheduled to be erected on Staten Island, in an ambitious attempt to draw tourists to what's sometimes known as the city's "forgotten borough," officials announced ...

The Big Apple is getting another "biggest": the world's tallest Ferris wheel, part of an ambitious plan to draw New Yorkers and tourists alike to the city's so-called "forgotten borough." The 625 ...

The proposal to build a giant Ferris wheel on Staten Island isn't the first time investors have had a vision of a tourist-friendly attraction turning above the New York's iconic harbor.