Entries in Dick Zigun (5)
End of Summer
Fall officially started at 11:44 this morning. Yesterday, as the sun set on the last full day of summer, the Coney Island Tattoo & Motorcycle Show came to life. It felt like a ritual celebration of the seasonal change.
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The Future of Coney Island
Visitors looked a little lost outside the gates of Astroland today, peering through the fence and taking pictures under the entrance sign. I also noticed the banners (which also feature in the Coney Island Development Corporation newsletter), designed to "showcase iconic neighborhood landmarks." The baseball banner, for example, hangs next to where all the batting cages used to be.
Earlier this week, I attended the panel discussion Coney Island at the Crossroads, hosted by the Municipal Arts Society to discuss the new zoning plan for Coney (the "next act"). Speakers included MAS president Kent Barwick; Purnima Kapur of the NYC Department of City Planning; Lynn Kelly, President of the Coney Island Development Corporation; Carol Hill Albert, owner of Astroland; Dick Zigun, director of Coney Island USA; and Sheryl Robertson, director of South Brooklyn Youth Consortium.
You can find out more about the plan here, and download the PDF brochure here, with plenty of seductive "renderings."
A surprise pleasure was meeting Harold Kramer, grandson of the Thunderbolt roller coaster owners. He now runs a bar in Williamsburg.
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in Photography, Brooklyn, Real Estate, Development, demolition, Coney Island, Event, Planning, Signs I Like, Film location, Dick Zigun, Astroland, urban planning
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Astroland, Coney Island: Last Weekend Ever
In a statement released yesterday, the owner of Astroland, Carol Hill Albert, confirmed that this weekend would be the last for the amusement park. Claiming months of attempted negotiations with "no answer" responses from the developer that owns the site, Thor Equities, Albert says that time has run out. Astroland will be open this Saturday and Sunday from 12 noon before it closes forever. Albert will also appear at one of two Coney-themed events at the Municipal Art Society this month
Coney Island: A Ride Through History Wednesday, September 10, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m., at the Municipal Art Society MAP Charles Denson, author of Coney Island: Lost and Found, will give an illustrated talk on the history of this neighborhood in transition.
Coney Island at the Crossroads Wednesday, September 17, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m., at the Municipal Art Society MAP Representatives of the Department of City Planning will present their Comprehensive Development and Rezoning Plan for Coney Island. Featured speakers include: Kent Barwick, president, MAS; Purnima Kapur, director, NYC Department of City Planning, Brooklyn Office; Lynn Kelly, president, Coney Island Development Corporation; Carol Hall Albert, co-owner, Astroland; Sheryl Robertson, director, South Brooklyn Youth Consortium; Dick Zigun, founder and artistic director, Coney Island USA; and moderator Jonathan Bowles, director, Center for an Urban Future. $15, $12 MAS members/students.
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Coney Island Mermaid Parade
It's time again soon for one of our favourite Brooklyn events. The Annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade takes place on Saturday June 21st at 2pm.
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Mayor of Coney Island Resigns: A Letter from Dick Zigun
Dick Zigun (left) has just resigned his position as Director of The Coney Island Development Corporation in an open letter to Mayor Bloomberg.
"I write this open letter of resignation from the position you appointed me to as a Director of The Coney Island Development Corporation effective Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 6 PM, the exact date and time of the first public hearing on the revised rezoning of Coney Island. I urge you to withdraw this deeply flawed plan and cancel this hearing, but as it stands I cannot leave my name on it. I am particularly disturbed that the Directors of the CIDC have had no opportunity to discuss or vote on these substantial changes to our Strategic Plan - which was the result of years of work and which had achieved widespread neighborhood consensus."
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