http://www.gothamist.com/2006/07/08/an_old_brooklyn_1.php All comments for An Old Brooklyn Icon Goes Beacon en-us 2007 nyc_daveh Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:11:44 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss daveh@gothamist.com daveh@gothamist.com 60 http://www.gothamist.com/2006/07/08/an_old_brooklyn_1.php#comment-268326 http://www.gothamist.com/2006/07/08/an_old_brooklyn_1.php#comment-268326 Comments Sat, 08 Jul 2006 22:53:55 -0500 <p>The COney Island Parachute Jump has been called "Brooklyn's Eiffel Tower" since at least 1969. http://www.barrypopik.com/article/1375/brooklyns-eiffel-tower-coney-island-parachute-jump</p> http://www.gothamist.com/2006/07/08/an_old_brooklyn_1.php#comment-268325 http://www.gothamist.com/2006/07/08/an_old_brooklyn_1.php#comment-268325 Comments Sat, 08 Jul 2006 22:47:01 -0500 <p>The Coney Island Parachute Jump has been called "Brooklyn's Eiffel Tower" since at least 1969. http://www.barrypopik.com/article/1375/brooklyns-eiffel-tower-coney-island-parachute-jump</p> http://www.gothamist.com/2006/07/08/an_old_brooklyn_1.php#comment-240084 http://www.gothamist.com/2006/07/08/an_old_brooklyn_1.php#comment-240084 Comments Sat, 08 Jul 2006 13:45:58 -0500 <p>I love it too. Sadly, it reminds me of the WTC redesign concept from the THINK team that came in second, the beautifully lit twin lattice structures. That design actually came in first until Pataki bowed to pressure from the families and vetoed it in favor of the Libeskind thing. Of course, the Libeskind design got changed into one of the original "unacceptablly boring" concepts that had been rejected earlier. </p>