February 08, 2007
Sanitized, Vegas-style Coney Island coming soon
 Change is coming to Coney Island and pain will be involved. And not the sideshow-freak sword-swallowing kind.
Not only will this be the last summer for Astroland, but the bulldozers are already at work tearing up the go-kart track and batting cages.
A check of the developer's new website confirms the worst: They'd like it to look like a Lost Wages-version of Coney Island. This summer will certainly be the last chance to see Coney Island with all its grit and character before it makes way for a parody of itself.
(Link found Gowanus Lounge)
Earlier:
Viva Coney Island - redevelopers look to Vegas
Little Italy shrinks, making way for tourist version
February 8, 2007 03:07 PM in Out of Manhattan
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