This is the last year of Coney Island the way it should be. Shot the Freak and all. Yes they are keeping the Cyclone and the Wonder Wheel but everything else is going. some places r already gone.
Yes it is a little seedy but that made it alittle more adventful.
We lost 42nd Street than CBGB"s now this
NYC is going to become Anytown USA
Hey Mayor Bloomberg We like this Stuff
2007-06-04 09:58:09 · 7 answers · asked by G O 5 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ New York City
Yeah, it really sucks. I'm all for cleaning New York up a little, but do they have to rip out its soul while they're at it? I was born and raised in New York, and I hate to see so much of what made NY special being driven out.
2007-06-04 11:01:51 · answer #1 · answered by CrysV 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was coming. Same story for the Rockaways. Developers are taking over. Even Donald Trump has taken over a part of Jones Beach and will build a restaurant and convention center on the boardwalk. Rockaway has seen condos sprouting up and those who are living in Section 8 housing in Coney Island will soon be forced to evacuate. Coney Island up until the mid-60s was a standing carnival filled with amazement and fun. Once the neighborhood changed Coney Island Hospital on Ocean Parkway became busier than the broadwalk. Now the rich and powerful think they could make money by forcing the poor out and welcoming the affluent to the seaside community. They are probably right given how many people have moved to the NYC Metro area in the last 10 years. Today NYC Metro is home to 22 million people and still more are moving in. By 2020, the population will be 35 million if not more.
2007-06-04 17:15:51 · answer #2 · answered by mac 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
First Sheepshead Bay is getting full of fancy condos, then there is a Target moving into Flatbush Junction, and now Coney Island. Brooklyn is so fancy schmancy I hardly recognize it any more.
2007-06-04 21:52:50 · answer #3 · answered by 我比你聪明 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe if people actually went there they'd be able to afford to stay open.
Same as CBGB's would still be there, if they'd paid the rent.
2007-06-05 11:29:35 · answer #4 · answered by BobbyR 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sorry to see it go. It reminds me of my favorite movie The warriors.
2007-06-04 17:01:23 · answer #5 · answered by blak diamond 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
word up, welcome to the corporation, step right up and get your microchip, get bagged, get tagged and hope they pay you a subsistence wage.
no place for folks like us in the world, where are the nine pirate lords when you need them?
2007-06-04 17:02:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I can't believe it its so sad
2007-06-04 17:00:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋