Joe Sitt offers to swap his condos for timeshares, but the city calls it a mere bait and switch. Developers Thor Equities dropped a bombshell yesterday afternoon, sending out a terse two-paragraph e-mail declaring that it had “completely eliminated the … Continue reading
A forum on the future of Coney Island bodes ill for the beach’s oldest amusement park. Last night, the somewhat unlikely pairing of the Municipal Art Society (representing white-haired Manhattan urban planning geeks) and Coney Island USA (representing a different … Continue reading
Most of last month for me was spent on one story, but oh, what a story. As I detailed at length in the April 11 Village Voice, most of Coney Island’s historical amusement district is at risk of being shut … Continue reading