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Coney Island land baron and would-be developer Joe Sitt has been fighting, with the help of City Council ally Domenic Recchia Jr., to get the city to change its proposed rezoning plan and expand the potential retail space from 2,500 square feet to 10,000 square feet. Opponents have predicted a Coney Island clogged with generic chains if Sitt gets his way, and now Brownstoner has a scoop proving they were right to fear the worst:
According to a pitch book that a tipster tells us was used to (unsuccessfully) lobby Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, the kind of tenants Thor is dreaming about for Coney include such charming mom-and-pops as Toys R Us, Bass Pro Shops and the Hard Rock Cafe.
BJ's isn't mentioned, but Sitt's Coney Island dreamland would also include an Abercrombie & Fitch, Restoration Hardware, Gap/Banana Republic, and—wait for it—HOT TOPIC! Ah, but ain't that Generica. In other Coney Island news, the city is, for the third time, soliciting bids for what officials are calling "Beach Adventure Park" on the sand near Steeplechase Pier. Step right up and submit your bids, amusement purveyors; officials are in the market for trampolines, climbing walls and trapeze swings. Brooklyn Parks Commissioner Julius Spiegel tells the Daily News, "We want the biggest, baddest inflatable rides you've ever seen!" The city didn't get any takers when they sought bidders in 2005 and 2007, but officials promise this year will be different and hope for some (wholesome) adventure on the beach this summer.
And today the city will reveal details on this summer's Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, which will come to Coney Island starting June 18th, at a site off the Boardwalk near Surf Avenue and West 21st Street. According to a press release leaked to City Room, the circus will occur in a 2,300-seat air-conditioned main tent and feature 7 tigers, 7 dachshunds, 3 elephants and 29 performers. And an untold number of animal rights' advocates can be expected to protest the spectacle.
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Hot Topic! Finally, just what Coney has been waiting for.
If anyone of you lives in the Upper East Side, please call council women Jessica Lappin who doesn't seem to have empathy towards animals. Ask her to support bill 389 which will ban wild animals in circuses. Ringling Brother has killed over 3 baby elephants and have been cited for many incidents by the USDA. Also Ringling brother fails to test elephants for tuberculosis which can be transmitted to humans.
here is her number
Legislative Office Phone
212-788-6865
I know! Seriously, when I'm at the beach I love shopping for new hardware.
"and hope for some (wholesome) adventure on the beach"
Does that mean no more Carona's sold out of little shopping carts??
CI was packed last weekend, people need a place to go and have fun, not a f'ing shopping center. And last time i checked, that area/crowd, doesn't strike me as the Bass Pro Shop types.
The East Village or the Meatpacking district or West Chelsea werent the 'Bass Pro Shop' type of place either, until they were... Not until the entire city is yuppified and mall-ified by greedy scumbag developers who dont even live here will they be content to leave things the way they were.
But hey, we're all going to catch tuberculosis from elephants so why get upset about this.....
the fact is as a brooklyn resident i have seen coney island changing for the best even prostitutes are down and now with this plan of casinos its just gong to hurt the comunity prostitution will rise more drugs will be sold more people will spend their money on gamblyng instead of theyr family as well... you want to go shooping at banana republic go down town or manhattan dont be naive this is just a way to kill the coney coney island is nice the way it is lets not make it an other manhattan that the not well to do can barely aford to go in and bloomberg is looking for better ways to keep the poor out question for bloomberg i bet you never had need well good for you but dont help make it harder for thoose that do you are to represent new yorkers all of us not just the well off so fight for us the people this is no an enterprise this is the melting pot of humanity called new york.
the fact is as a brooklyn resident i have seen coney island changing for the best even prostitutes are down and now with this plan of casinos its just gong to hurt the comunity prostitution will rise more drugs will be sold more people will spend their money on gamblyng instead of theyr family as well... you want to go shooping at banana republic go down town or manhattan dont be naive this is just a way to kill the coney coney island is nice the way it is lets not make it an other manhattan that the not well to do can barely aford to go in and bloomberg is looking for better ways to keep the poor out question for bloomberg i bet you never had need well good for you but dont help make it harder for thoose that do you are to represent new yorkers all of us not just the well off so fight for us the people this is no an enterprise this is the melting pot of humanity called new york.