Gothamist: Coney Island Gets Re-Imagined

Nyctini11

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:58:05 -0500

Ughh, so sad. But i guess if Bloomberg keeps changing the election policy for Mayor, he'll stay in there indefinitely and well we can all kiss the real NY goodbye.

Haroldblvd

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:45:03 -0500

Imagine Coney is an initiative of the Municipal Arts Society of New York to create new ideas for the future of Coney Island to restore the area to it's former position as a great entertainment and amusement area - the "world's playground." The Imagine Coney Web Site: http://imagineconey.com/ Imagine Coney Presentation Pt 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXBdw6QTl7I Imagine Coney Presentation Pt 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZoBh2RPZX4

Haroldblvd

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:27:14 -0500

I think all these negative responses are just kneejerk naysaying. These sketches are a starting point. They are just suggestions. Frankly, I like what I see. There is an emphasis on fun and amusements. There is an attempt here to incorporate 21st century technology and design into the treasure that is Coney Island. This is a positive step forward and much praise to the MAS for taking up the cause of Coney Island. Unlike the city of New York, the MAS actually consulted people who are in the amusement industry. And they said at the presentation last night that Coney needs much more than the 9 1/2 acres that the city wants for an amusement area. Whatever one may think of these renderings, they are a damn sight better that the images of the Coney of today with lots of land used for school bus parking lots. Even more, they are a damn sight better than the future of Coney Island as promised by Joe Sitt of Thor Equities, that being bland glass towers of condos and malls where rides and amusements ought to be. My family came from Coney. They lived under the roller coaster that they owned and ran for 50 years. I applaud the MAS for coming forward to renew Coney Island. There is still a lot of work to be done.

robingee

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:50:41 -0500

I love the Tilly train!

supernova

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:11:11 -0500

Someone's been to Japan... or at least seen a lot of videos and pictures. What a joke! Sorry, you are early on your April's Fools prank.

Ronkonkoma Ondinnonk

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:39:17 -0500

I'm tired of commenting on What Was and What Will Be Coney Island. There is an expression in the Balkans that is used when ones realizes the futility of furthering an argument: The mother of this conversation is dead!

Ashhtria

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:16:51 -0500

Wow this proposal doesn't even address the character or context of the neighborhood. Is this a joke? Cause can you honestly take this seriously?

blablanyc

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:11:20 -0500

Timothy Leary is still alive? I love it!

west side Michael

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:59:25 -0500

M.A.S. is a big joke won't save the old Tin Pan Alleysongwriters buildings on 28th street .it's easier than this PR stunt but Nah! ,no big money in it.

NannyState

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:52:52 -0500

Oh fuck me that's a hellish design. You want a good idea of what Coney Island should look like? It's printed on any number of vintage postcards out there.

QM

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:08:53 -0500

They have to do something drastic in order to make coney island worth visiting.

Think twice

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:36:32 -0500

Rouge City from A.I.

bonezzz

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:08:18 -0500

Utopian slum.

lagomorph

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:03:54 -0500

Uh yeah... could we actually see some designs done by an architect or an urban planner? Preferably executed when both of them are in the same room at the same time. There's brainstorming and then there's hitting "mermaid parade" into flickr, downloading images, and throwing them onto a digital background.

HUGO_MEGO

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:59:04 -0500

Another redesign fantasy that can only happen in Second Life.

Spiritof76

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:48:57 -0500

This will never happen. The good thing is that the Municipal Art Society is neither architect nor developer.

Jerk Store

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:24:44 -0500

So basically, the new Coney Island is going to be a cross between a bad acid trip and Disney's Tomorrowland circa 1972?

jackdonaghy

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:01:42 -0500

LOL@ #s 4 & 10. You guys took the words out of my mouth. In that 3rd photo I think I see an astronaut/robot and a stormtrooper, not to mention that Jetsonian tram car on a rainbow colored hula hoop. Bottom line - I'm scared.

felixthecat

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:59:56 -0500

ok enough with the prop 8 protest, damn

Barbj8

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:33:43 -0500

This is nightmarish, and the lines will be too big and I'll never get to eat another hot dog.

ides_of_march

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:29:17 -0500

Coney is more likely to start looking like it did when they filmed the Warriors. Those pictures are awful.

meowster

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:28:49 -0500

someone's been watching the Fifth Element a bit too much

pissyrabbit

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:27:58 -0500

I can not even understand what is *happening* in those pictures. Did I miss something? Are they turning Coney Island ito a space station? With geishas? WTF?!? I kinda dig the wrap on the front of the train though.

MT

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:27:44 -0500

I do like the subway train though.

Toby von Meistersinger

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:15:42 -0500

These are all horrid and these so called designers need to be put in a cage at the freak show. The most logical thing to do is to have something that is respectful of the past and will not be some overpriced Di$ney-fied sanitized thing that could be anywhere. We need something organic not this garbage.

Spiny

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:15:42 -0500

Of COURSE they're hideous. What was I expecting?

snappaloosa

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:14:44 -0500

WOW, that's ugly.

appleface

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:12:14 -0500

Have any of these people submitting these sketches been to Coney Island? There is a great aesthetic there that could be riffed on, played with, and built on. These re-imaginings seem to completely disregard the exciting, visually interesting and unique gifts that Coney already has. This is more like Dubai on PCPs.

r1b2

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:09:36 -0500

It's Blade Runner on acid, and you're in drag.

gimme

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:08:00 -0500

more like coney island gets swishy

neckbeard

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:06:52 -0500

Tilly is pissed! (or tripping balls)

jonathan

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:04:31 -0500

The pictures are a joke right? Why won't my eyes stop bleeding?