Elephant Man,Capt. Nemo,
Thanks for responding to my comment,its an honor for me to participate on this forum.The message boards are a new media for me,I hope I dont insult anyone. It's hard not to slip into trash talk.
 With the traditional-scale city block/lot  formula,blocks are divided up with sidewalk front sizes from 5 ft wide to 50 ft wide x ~100ft deep,,the majority are 10ft to 20ft wide, every block has a couple 50ft-100 wide for the giants(,Disney,Six Flags,) etc.)All the old Coney "walks "(Jones Walk,many others) are restored as well.  
 What is also important for this brew is AIR-RIGHTS.Not only does the city sell the couple hundred street level lots,they also sell the air rights above ~ 4 or more  stories.WonderWheels views will be kept.
 Thor and the city get it's cake(two cakes,with air rights) and gets to eat it ,as well.They just wont be allowed to demolish any old buildings or businesses. Which is good for the new developments, because their existence will enhance whatever is to be built around them.  
  One of the reasons we  declare a "architectural competition" is because modern developers,and society( on a certain level) has forgotten about the power  of architecture.It is the ultimate medium,far more powerful than art,music,tv,cars.  
We need to encourage quality architecture,materials,human-scale,and craftsmanship, like it used to be.When done properly, it is one the greatest mood enhancers of all,as well as being economy enhancing.
 With Coneys future in the hands of hundreds of owners and their ideas,who knows what kind of wild creations we will see.The crowded environment will also create a pure capitalist battleground,bringing everybody's game up a few notches.
 All is lost if any of old Coney gets closed or torn down.

  one thing the econmics the city is doing nothing for 2 years

I think we are at a point of time in history,with the convergence of all the bad news,,that  our city should want to take a look a this forgotten,but,proven, city planning philosophy.  The game has changed,and ideas from last year dont work anymore.
   6 months ago,even today,I might agree with you that all is hopeless,and everyone is corrupt,but we have entered a new age,like it or not. It does,though,open up opportunities for fresh ideas,and the dusting off of some old,tried and true ideas.
   We got to consider  all proposed ideas.
  We got to  make America great again,I'm not buying this "China's Century" bull,this can easily be America's Century Two,2000-2100.We will also lay the ground work for America's Century,III,2100-2200,which future historians shall call "The Three-peat".
 but I digress..
   We can not have 1 or 2 mega-corporate high tech amusement companies control all of Coney.That is a proven- wrong method of neighborhood development.We have all seen the evidence around the city and country for that.
 We need hundreds of developers,including all the high-tech mega amusement corporations,they just have to compete head to head with the Mom and Pops.They cant be allowed to control a whole block or street front.Look how old Dreamland was fit into the  street scene,sharing the street front with other businesses..It is actually a beneficial,symbiotic relationship for all,brings in money by establishing variety.
  This is the age, where  the powers that be,should rethink the status quo.Even  Sitt and Bloomberg should see this,Both can build their dreams,plenty of buildable space for all. We can all make alot more money with this time-tested method,and create an economic dynamo for our kids to inherit,and the world to enjoy.
   More money can be made by all,short term and long term. That is the bottom line.  
If they close Ruby's and all the other old Coney Island warhorses,then-hope,money, and joy is lost.  
Time is running out,someone send this equation to the powers.I am not capable.We are sitting on a f----g gold-mine,that is currently producing gold,and there is a big untapped vein underfoot,and the powers are about to seal the shaft and close shop with their outdated development scheme.We must let them know a mother-load exists.
Got to dream,dreams are ideas.
Even though the Mom and Pop establishments will save the day with their unique ideas,  I would, also, like to see what Disney and the other megas would do with a  40+ story vertical amusement tower,sharing the sidewalk space,competing for attention and money, with  the 5 ft wide,privately owned booth with the two-headed baby in a jar.
Smoking is dangerous.
Does anyone know what happened to the two-headed baby ?  It  is of great economic value for Coney Island.

Gowanus Lounge is reporting people are trying to call the number on all those signs, and either the phone just rings, no answer, or it goes to a answering machine who just says he is Sam Sabin, doesnt ID himself as part of Thor Equities.  

I wonder if he is just out of town, or just another attempt of falsely trying to rent space, but really dont want to??  If out of town, you would think there is someone else who does his work when he is not there would answer the phone??

Bruce

Rubys_host wrote on Dec 30^th, 2008, 7:25pm:


fantastic...fire up the jukebox, there's gonna be a crowd!

that makes perfect sense!    happy new year! see you there.

YAYYY!!!