Coney Island RIP Astroland

pitu

great stuff on Flickr of the dismantling of Astroland
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46824047@N00/

hatemail

Cry. I'm going to miss the old grimy Coney Island.

arock75

This is very very sad

prodigalson

Coney Island is now completely gone??

That's a crime against humanity.

pitu

and...it's coming back
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/28/city-acquires-astrolands-rocket-ship/

prodigalson

quoting your article:


''will become a permanent and iconic part of the 27-acre redeveloped amusement district in Coney Island, city officials said ... the new Coney Island should be a mix of the historic old Coney Island and the best of the new''


That's good news. Initially, it appeared to me that the entire character of the old amusement park was to be kaput. Well, at least now some part of it will be preserved so that future generations can partake of the fun we old timers always had.

anonymous

lovely photographs... ??

modsquad

Mounting these "relics", the parachute drop and the rocket is like taxidermy is to wildlife. Coney Island was always about appealing to the lowest common denominator of the masses. The beauty of CI was it's ability to shock the bourgeois. This "new" Coney is nothing more than a diapered 200lb chimp.

hamilton

is it true the rocket was sold to north korea?

leeence

Subject: oh wow!

Hamilton wrote: is it true the rocket was sold to north korea?

oh wow you are one excellent minister of propaganda!