In a key victory for the campaign to preserve Coney Island’s endangered heritage, the state office responsible for historic preservation has declared that Coney Island’s amusement district meets the criteria for recognition as a historic district in the State and National Registers of Historic Places. In an August 12 letter, the New York State Office […]
There has been such interest in our walking tour of Coney Island’s historic buildings, that we’ve decided to keep doing them. The next one will be this Sunday. The guided tour will cover all the historic buildings along Surf Avenue, as well as some of Coney’s existing landmarks. Learn more about Coney Island’s rich history, […]
Save Coney Island has developed a brand new & beautiful map of Coney Island for the Summer of 2010. In an effort to showcase Coney Island as the Playground of the World and draw attention to Coney Island’s endangered historic legacy, Save Coney Island teamed up with designer Naomi Donabedian to create a map that […]
Prominent historian of Coney Island Michael Immerso warns of the danger to Coney Island’s historic Surf Avenue corridor in an article just published on The Huffington Post. Immerso, author of “Coney Island: The People’s Playground,” writes: Surf Avenue and the nearby Bowery were the core of Coney Island’s amusement district. This core district was not […]
Eleven prominent historians of New York City have signed a letter urging the preservation of several historic Coney Island buildings currently threatened with demolition by developer Thor Equities. Among the endangered buildings are several dating back more than a century, including both the amusement district’s oldest building and the music hall where Harpo Marx first […]
There has been such interest in our walking tour of Coney Island’s historic buildings, that we’ve decided to keep doing them. So if you missed the first one, you get another chance… The next one will be this Sunday. The guided tour will cover all the historic buildings along Surf Avenue, as well as some […]
The Daily News published an Op-Ed today from Save Coney Island’s Juan Rivero calling for the preservation and reuse of Coney Island’s historic buildings: With the opening of the new Luna Park this weekend, Coney Island has welcomed its first new amusement park in nearly half a century. But even as Coney Island seems set […]
Today we released renderings demonstrating the great potential of historic structures in Coney Island currently threatened with demolition by developer Thor Equities. The renderings imagine what two of Coney Island’s most historically significant buildings could become if they were preserved, restored and reused in the context of a revitalized Coney Island. They depict the Coney […]
The first walking tour of Coney Island’s historic buildings was a tremendous success. We had thirty more participants than the twenty we expected. Several people, at the walk and by email, strongly encouraged us to do these historic tours on a regular basis. We had expected this to be a one time thing to celebrate […]
Save Coney Island today hailed the opening this weekend of Zamperla USA’s Luna Park as a key step toward the revitalization of Coney Island. But, at the same time, Save Coney Island warned that Coney Island’s historic heritage is in grave danger, with speculator Thor Equities planning to demolish several of Coney Island’s most historically […]
