Comments on: Media Misreports Coney Island Closing http://www.thecoastercritic.com/2008/09/media-misreports-coney-island-closing.html Roller Coaster Reviews & Theme Park News Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:53:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Anonymous http://www.thecoastercritic.com/2008/09/media-misreports-coney-island-closing.html#comment-635 Anonymous Sun, 14 Sep 2008 05:34:00 +0000 http://thecoastercritic.themeparksyndicate.com/?p=428#comment-635 On Sept 7, the closing day of Coney Island's historic Astroland Park, I was part of a grassroots effort by the Save Coney Island group which distributed 10,000 flyers to visitors. City Hall must have gotten a gazillion emails and calls on 311. A couple of days later, the Associated Press was reporting Mayor Bloomberg is FINALLY stepping in to save Astroland!!!Too late!!!!!! But it's not too late to save Coney Island's amusement district from being zoned out of existence and replaced by generic retail stores, formula restaurants and so-called “entertainment retail.”<br/><br/>What can you do to help<br/>SAVE CONEY ISLAND?!<br/>The Save Coney Island Coalition says yes to revitalizing Coney’s world famous amusement zone!<br/>NO to 26 New High Rises of up to 30 stories each in the current Amusement District!<br/>NO to Retail, Malls or “Entertainment Retail” in the Amusement District!<br/>NO to shrinkage of the Amusement District from 61 acres to 9 acres!<br/>YES to preserving Amusement Zoning in the Amusement District!!<br/>YES to keeping Coney Island the People's Playground- providing accessible Amusements for ALL to enjoy!!<br/><br/>Phone 311 (or 1-212-NEW-YORK outside of NYC) and leave a "Comment for the Mayor"<br/><br/>Visit the Save Coney Island website http://www.myspace.com/saveconeyisland<br/>Learn the truth! Don’t be fooled by the city’s spin on their revised rezoning plan!<br/><br/>Email Save.Coney[at]gmail.com to join the mailing list for news of upcoming protests, petitions and more!<br/><br/>Read about the issues and join the ongoing discussion on the message boards at http://www.coneyisland.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi On Sept 7, the closing day of Coney Island’s historic Astroland Park, I was part of a grassroots effort by the Save Coney Island group which distributed 10,000 flyers to visitors. City Hall must have gotten a gazillion emails and calls on 311. A couple of days later, the Associated Press was reporting Mayor Bloomberg is FINALLY stepping in to save Astroland!!!Too late!!!!!! But it’s not too late to save Coney Island’s amusement district from being zoned out of existence and replaced by generic retail stores, formula restaurants and so-called “entertainment retail.”

What can you do to help
SAVE CONEY ISLAND?!
The Save Coney Island Coalition says yes to revitalizing Coney’s world famous amusement zone!
NO to 26 New High Rises of up to 30 stories each in the current Amusement District!
NO to Retail, Malls or “Entertainment Retail” in the Amusement District!
NO to shrinkage of the Amusement District from 61 acres to 9 acres!
YES to preserving Amusement Zoning in the Amusement District!!
YES to keeping Coney Island the People’s Playground- providing accessible Amusements for ALL to enjoy!!

Phone 311 (or 1-212-NEW-YORK outside of NYC) and leave a “Comment for the Mayor”

Visit the Save Coney Island website http://www.myspace.com/saveconeyisland
Learn the truth! Don’t be fooled by the city’s spin on their revised rezoning plan!

Email Save.Coney[at]gmail.com to join the mailing list for news of upcoming protests, petitions and more!

Read about the issues and join the ongoing discussion on the message boards at http://www.coneyisland.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi

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