Trip Report: Coney Island, NY 4/5/09
First trip report of the season, Coney Island, NY! Includes Cyclone, Deno’s, El Dorado Auto Skooters, and more!
First trip report of the season, Coney Island, NY! Includes Cyclone, Deno’s, El Dorado Auto Skooters, and more!
Six Flags has good 2008, Coney Island and eminent domain, roller coaster haircuts (?!) and more!
Farewell Astroland…
“You really are a heel…” According to the New York Post and many postings over at the Coney Island Message Board, it looks like developer Joe Sitt and Thor Equities were evicting tenants on their land just before Christmas…and they were doing it Sitt style. It seems that the boys at Thor have been going … “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Sitt”
The Coney Island land grab, buy back saga continues with the Bloomberg administration looking to purchase 10.5 acres of property in Coney Island…property that Thor Equities owns. Devloper Joe Sitt is said to be “ready to give up” on his plans to make his properties into gigantic casinos, malls, condos, and whatever else he had … NYC Attempting to Clean Up the Sitt