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This morning the video mentioned in this Metro piece was up on YouTube. Now it's missing and all that's left is a message reading it "has been removed by the user." The video was posted by Coney Island developer Thor Equities’ and portrayed a clearly scripted and favorably edited scene from the Mermaid Parade.

Jill Cunniff keeps a blog (a "MamaLog") about being a mom and a musician in New York, but you probably know her best as the lead singer and bass player of early-90s band Luscious Jackson. The band broke up in 2000, but Jill is still creating and performing music - all while being a mom, a wife, and doing her part to clean up New York's beaches.

• Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a bank robbery on West 52nd St. and Broadway in Manhattan, a double shooting on Fenton Ave. and Boston Rd. in the Bronx, and escaped prisoners on East 163rd St. and Westchester Ave. in the Bronx.
• Curbed looks at the new Red Hook IKEA under construction, which is starting to become recognizable.
• Paul McCartney is playing the Highline Ballroom tomorrow night in a now not-so-secret show.
• Brooklyn's Smith St. is getting its own Pó, which will open Thursday and is related to the former Mario Batali West Village restaurant of the same name.
• “Just when you think the past is consumed, it rears its lovely head,” says an architect quoted in a New York Times' article on the original home of Tiffany & Co. at 15 Union Sq. West.
• Coney Island Lager––the first of a number of sideshow-inspired beers that will be brewed in Brooklyn and sold to benefit non-profit Coney Island USA.
• A cool collection of penny postcard depicting NYC attractions.
• Did the Sopranos finale leave you in the mood for onion rings? Midtown Lunch offers some thoughts on New York standouts and places that should be ashamed of themselves.

The NY Sun looks at the $1.5 billion Coney Island plan Thor Equities is looking to bring to Brooklyn. Thor, which has bought 10 acres of Coney Island and has already told some tenants to go and others that they'll be able to stay another summer, is looking to remake the stretch into a "into a year-round destination, and [give] it the feel of Las Vegas, Orlando, or Atlantic City.":

New designs drawn up by the architectural firm Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn depict Thor's futuristic vision. A new roller coaster would dart in and out of new buildings along Stillwell Avenue, the first roller coaster in New York City since the Cyclone opened in 1927, according to the developer. Opposite the subway station, Thor is planning a vertical ride to the top of a 150-foot-high water tower that would be decorated with flickering holograms of whales and mermaids.

Continue reading "Coney Island Developer Wants Residential Zoning"

This Friday at Crobar, the good people at Coney Island USA are having a fundraiser and mini-hot dog eating competition. The "City of Fire" Spring Gala will feature various entertainment, including Miss Coney Island, the World Famous Pontani Sisters, and a mini Mermaid Parade. For our money though, the eating competition is where the money is at. Dick Zigun, Coney Island USA's Artistic Director, will take on Crazy Legs Conti, the IFOCE's 12th ranked eater.

Gothamist on plans to make Coney Island a year-around destination. Tien on a trip to Coney Island, Slice's Coney Island pizza picks, and Satan Laundromat's pictures of Coney Island.

Mayor Bloomberg has announced the creation of a committee to investigate how to make Coney Island a year-round attraction. Some of the ideas include, "seaside amphitheater for concerts; a world-class paddleball, volleyball and handball complex, and a water adventure park with heated water for the colder months" as well as a ferry from Manhattan to Coney Island. The goal, as Bloomberg states, is to make sure Coney Island's economy can be sustained year round and not be seasonally driven.