Time on Coney Island redevelopment
Time.com has an article about the planned redevelopment of Coney Island. There has been another proposed redevelopment that did not materialize:
The locals are particularly concerned, since some of Sitt’s actions– he demolished go-karts and batting cages this winter, long before he could start building anything to replace them–evoke one of the darker chapters in Coney Island redevelopment. In 1966, Fred Trump (Donald’s father) tore down the Steeplechase amusement park to try to prod the city into letting him build high-rise housing. When the city didn’t, Trump let the lot lie vacant–until the city bought him out.
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