It’s been just about forever since anyone built anything new in Coney Island (this doesn’t count), so little wonder everyone seemed so excited today to attend a press conference announcing actual new stuff this summer: In what’s becoming a bit … Continue reading
Still more on Coney Island, this time an analysis of how we got here for Metro: It’s happy time in Coney Island! Sure, Astroland is still a vacant lot, as are the former batting cages and go-cart rides, and even … Continue reading
New York City has put out the call for an amusement-park operator for its newly acquired Coney Island land: Now that it has seven acres of Coney Island beachfront property in its mitts, the city isn’t wasting time gearing up … Continue reading
The long-running saga of New York City’s battle with developer Joe Sitt over Coney Island is over, but the amusement district’s future remains unclear: It was, Mayor Bloomberg said more than once, “a day people probably thought never would arrive.” … Continue reading
Four years in the making, the Coney Island rezoning plan got its final approval from the city council today — and yet still it’s not over. I have the live play-by-play on the Village Voice site: Against all odds, there’s … Continue reading
With the city council set to vote on the rezoning of Coney Island this week, I try to boil the issue down to 350 words: On Wednesday, after a five-year battle that’s included everything from “giant rat” exhibits to protesters … Continue reading
The New York city council finally got around to holding a vote on the future of Coney Island, but in the end they mostly waved the city’s plan on through: The way things are going, the never-ending Coney Island rezoning … Continue reading
Four years and change in the making, the rezoning plan for Coney Island is finally about to be voted up or down, and you can’t tell all the competing factions without a scorecard: The battle over Coney Island’s future is … Continue reading
Back to Coney Island again this weekend, to see if the “Festival By The Sea” finally got off the ground: After last weekend’s false start, Joe Sitt’s Festival By The Sea finally kicked off this weekend, giving Coney Island visitors … Continue reading
The opening of Joe Sitt’s “Festival By The Sea” in Coney Island was postponed this weekend, but there’s plenty of signs what will be in store (or not) on the developer’s land this summer: Joe Sitt’s much-hyped Festival By The … Continue reading