I don’t know if these buildings are still standing, but Joe Sitt is in the process of tearing them down. He will replace them with one story taxpayers. When the outcry is sufficient, he will probably be paid handsomely to turn the properties over to other developers. This is what he has always done. Business is business, and to hell with history. Coney Islands last handful of nineteenth century buildings will make way for a Duane Reade or Walgreens! I have been going to Coney Island since ’61 and It hurts that one rich scumbag can do this and that our billionaire mayor will twiddle his thumbs and let him get away this…
I should create a category called “Nauseating” just for this picture…
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Black and White Street Photographs of New York City by Matt Weber 
You realize the sign says “Shore Hel[l]” right? Sounds like a good description of the angst you’re feeling.
I did notice that. I think that they could leave a couple of small buildings and build a giant rollercoaster over them without too many problems. It has been done before at Coney…