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• [1] Mary Kaushansky from Coney Island, New York June 23, 2008 - 10:47AM

  She lives in Windsor Terrace. Some people will do just about anything for a cause. People who don't live there don't know what people that do live there want.

  
  
• [2] mike from manhattan June 23, 2008 - 10:50AM

  I'm sympathetic to his point, but rhetoric like "predatory speculator" and condos like "cancer cells" really turns me off. It may be a worthy cause, but it's not the holocaust.

  
  
• [3] Tara from New York, NY June 23, 2008 - 10:50AM

  Mermaid hunger strike? Give me a break!

  
  
• [4] Katie from Forest Hills June 23, 2008 - 10:52AM

  What does the Mermaid Queen represent?

  Is she queen of the gay pride parade? Please explain more.

  
  
• [5] hjs from 11211 June 23, 2008 - 10:52AM

  this is happening (this rape of the city) all over the city!

  it will continue until working people start working together.

  
  
• [6] Kate Brehm from Manhattan June 23, 2008 - 10:56AM

  Charlie mentioned that he was working with the city to change Coney Island, but then they suddenly changed the way they were dealing with him. Can he say more about that?

  I think developers tend to submit one plan, which gets approved and then change it later to something that wouldn't have gotten approved in the first place.

  
  
• [7] Jon from NYC June 23, 2008 - 10:56AM

  This reminds me so much of the Hotel Pennsylvania, where developer$ strip everything of historical, architectural, emotional, or even tourist value in order to replace it with shopping malls that turn into abandoned lots as soon as the economy tanks...

  
  
• [8] Marcio Kelmanson from Brooklyn, baby.. June 23, 2008 - 10:56AM

  Brian, of course the people defending the mall obviously are not interested in culture and don't listen to WNYC, threfore you don't get anyone defending it!

  
  
• [9] tF from 10021 June 23, 2008 - 10:57AM

  do the rich white people, who are buying apartments there, know what kind of people go to Coney Is. i was down there once. the beach is disgusting!

  
  
• [10] Jack June 23, 2008 - 10:57AM

  I grew up near Coney Island and this is all sad, but honestly the problem is that (1) small businesses are dying in NYC in general and (2) owners in Coney Island sold these places out and created this problem.

  R.I.P. Coney, but at this point I don't see what most people can do to save the place.

  
  
• [11] Steve from Manhattan June 23, 2008 - 10:57AM

  Pressure valve indeed - and we're going to need it when the Bush Depression gets underway.

  
  
• [12] peter from manhattan June 23, 2008 - 10:58AM

  coney island needs to be spruced up.more people will go if it is nicer.

  
  
• [13] Amy from manhattan June 23, 2008 - 11:05AM

  I think malls are a bad idea, but frankly what is so wonderful about a littered beach, old, crotchety rides and a boardwalk filled with deep fried foods? Not much in my opinion.

  
  
• [14] mc from Brooklyn June 23, 2008 - 01:03PM

  I don't want to see the unique sort of carny atmosphere completely go away at Coney Island. At the same time the people who live down there are so poor. The neighborhood is awful. Keyspan Park was supposed to bring jobs and opportunity and I don't see any evidence that it has gotten better for the people who live there.

  
  
• [15] Dave from New York June 23, 2008 - 01:19PM

  You rich yuppie transplants just STFU.

  Coney Island is real New York, baby. That's why you don't like it, it represents everything you're trying to destroy.

  
  
• [16] Lee from NYC June 23, 2008 - 04:34PM

  Nostalgia is wonderful, but Coney is currently in need of a major fixer upper. It's fun to wax nostalgic about what was and the deep historical past. Reality is, times have changed and Coney needs to be redevloped for the future of locals and visitors. The need for year round jobs and economic revitalization should be emphazied along with preservation of amusements. Times are tough and an infusion of economic prosperity is long overdue. If retail is the driver then so be it. There is a balance and it can be achieved, with an open mind.

  
  
• [17] Rita from Brooklyn June 23, 2008 - 10:36PM

  Enough Blight and honky tonk. Redevelop and bring Coney into the 21st Century. Movie theaters bowling alleys and stores beats empty lots in the winter.