tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2859446071240153923.post6547451746134879247..comments2024-01-03T15:32:52.616-05:00Comments on Noticing New York: The Jane Jacobs Way for Coney IslandNoticing New Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15726747803887470424noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2859446071240153923.post-22460898998829474142009-07-17T19:23:51.070-04:002009-07-17T19:23:51.070-04:00Wow, great coverage. Someone just sent me the lin...Wow, great coverage. Someone just sent me the link and I added to my youtube and blogs.<br />Thanks and good luck.<br />Save Coney Island!!!!!!!!!!!!<br />Well done!!!!!!!!<br /><br />My newest youtube calls for the term limits votes to be tossed out because I have counted 5 city council members so far tainted by corruption that had voted to extend term limits!<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzo1tvBFZWw<br /><br />Thank you,<br />Suzannah B. TroySuzannah B. Troy artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16443929935641399108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2859446071240153923.post-42723625028630046652009-07-16T23:37:02.738-04:002009-07-16T23:37:02.738-04:00I think this may be the first time I have seen any...I think this may be the first time I have seen anyone donning white wigs and black rim glasses to evoke Jane Jacobs to make a statement. How wonderful and theatrical. I'm author of the book "Wrestling with Moses: How Jane Jacobs Took on New York's Master Builder and Transformed the American City" (Random House). I have my own blog "Developing Stories" and my website is www.anthonyflint.net. I'm a former reporter for The Boston Globe. Your stuff is great journalism.Anthony Flinthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14538953966783063185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2859446071240153923.post-8702122937924360952009-07-16T20:01:33.742-04:002009-07-16T20:01:33.742-04:00I am a volunteer with Save Coney Island. The city ...I am a volunteer with Save Coney Island. The city claims they are revitalizing the area but their plan would devastate Coney Island as an amusement destination. Shrinking the area zoned for amusements from 60 acres to 9 or 12 to make way for corporate retail and high rises will kill Coney for good. What is left after the bulldozers come will not survive because the area will not be large enough to draw the big crowds necessary to make an amusement area profitable. Coney Island currently attracts millions of visitors a year who seek fun, nostalgia, and the beach. They do not come for high end shopping or to admire the architecture of a luxury condo. If the area is shrunk again by the city to such a small degree it is only a matter of time before it disappears for good. Coney can be a very profitable very viable tourist destination if handled correctly but for some reason the city has never been interested in that. The city has always preferred to evict rides in favor of some other scheme (horribly managed projects, an abandoned ice rink, casinos that never came to be, luxury condos etc.) In the past, these grand plans have always resulted in a loss of amusements and jobs for the creation of empty lots and deteriorating/abandoned structures. Don't let it happen again. The resilience of Coney's remaining amusements is a testament to the appeal of Coney Island as an amusement area. Tell the city to retain the existing amusement area and build whatever else in the many empty lots they created over the past 5 decades.<br /><br /> Call City Council and tell them to FIX THE PLAN - DON'T SHRINK CONEY!!!!!! <br /><br />First call,<br />Coney representative Dominic Recchia 212-788-7045<br />Speaker of City Council Christine Quinn 212-788-7210<br /><br />Then be sure to call your local councilmember and tell them too!!!!<br /><br />Go to this link and plug in your zip code to find out who your councilman is! Then tell them FIX THE PLAN!!!!!<br /> <br />http://council.nyc.gov/html/members/members.shtmlstephenpelusohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08287070394419194086noreply@blogger.com