True, but we pretty much have a blank slate here at the moment. Coney Island redevelopers are now beginning to take a hard look at how their beach front area is best used, and I think they have it right. AP could learn from this kind of thinking.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Allan Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes but you have to remember that amusements have always remained in Coney > Island. As for Asbury, they died. > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Hinge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 12:15:17 PM > Subject: [AsburyPark] AP could use a bit of this kind of thinking... > > Coney Island condo plan beached > BY RACHEL MONAHAN and JOTHAM SEDERSTROM > DAILY NEWS WRITERS > Monday, June 18th 2007, 4:00 AM > > You can forget about oceanfront views from high-rise balconies and takeout > from > Nathan's Famous. > Mega-developer Thor Equities, which has reportedly laid out more than $100 > million so > far to rejuvenate Coney Island, has given up on plans for a highly profitable > residential > component to its Las Vegas-style amusement park project. > "Thor has believed from the beginning that the amusement and entertainment > aspect of > the project was the most important aspect of the project," Thor spokesman Lee Silberstein > said, noting more amusements would be included in a revised version of the > 22-acre plan. > The controversial $2 billion project - which had come under fire from city > officials and > residents, because, they said, it would destroy Coney Island's character by > including > waterfront housing - had originally earmarked 950,000 square feet for > residential space. > Now, the plan will have no residential component and no 50-story tower on > Stillwell Ave., > as had been proposed, Silberstein said. > "It's significantly smaller," Silberstein said of the overall project. He > refused to divulge > specifics of a revised plan or to say how Thor would profit without the sale > of luxury > condos. > Carol Hill Albert, who in November sold the legendary Astroland amusement > park to Thor, > sighed in relief when told about the project's hairpin turn. > "Nobody has ever thought it was a good idea to have condos south of Surf > Ave.," said > Albert, who hopes to relocate her 45-year-old family-owned amusement park elsewhere > along the Coney Island waterfront. "It's all beachfront." > Coney Island USA founder Dick Zigun agreed. > "This is the big break we've all been waiting for," said Zigun, the > unofficial mayor of Coney > Island. "We're not against development. Thor just needed to accept the fact > that at the core > area, it should be tourism and entertainment. " > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. > Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. > http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545469 > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
