So, a GL reader has pointed out that the Mermaid Parade Ball will be held at the old Childs building on the boardwalk in Coney Island this year on June 23. (Someone Coney Island Film Fest director Indie Rob Leddy on the Coney Island Message Board confirms it, saying that the info was inadvertently left out of an email blast.) The historic structure is being cleared out and will ultimately be restored and redeveloped by Taconic Investment Partners as part of a big mixed use residential and retail project. GL is thrilled to see this surviving piece of Coney Island history being revived. We look forward to visiting. (For some interesting historical background on the Childs building, from whence we obtained the image above, click here.)