Comments on: through the brooklyn air http://www.jensdenofiniquity.com/2007/08/06/through-the-brooklyn-air/ exciting, informative, snarky, and very likely fabricated tales of life as an american expat in london Tue, 27 Sep 2011 09:06:21 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jen http://www.jensdenofiniquity.com/2007/08/06/through-the-brooklyn-air/comment-page-1/#comment-1477 Jen Tue, 07 Aug 2007 19:59:32 +0000 http://www.jensdenofiniquity.com/2007/08/06/through-the-brooklyn-air/#comment-1477 <i>The spectators at Coney Island watched the death walk both times</i> it really is hard to move people to action these days - i think there's a feeling of inevitability. which is sad in itself :???: The spectators at Coney Island watched the death walk both times

it really is hard to move people to action these days – i think there’s a feeling of inevitability.

which is sad in itself ? ??:

]]> By: Tabitha http://www.jensdenofiniquity.com/2007/08/06/through-the-brooklyn-air/comment-page-1/#comment-1475 Tabitha Tue, 07 Aug 2007 03:35:28 +0000 http://www.jensdenofiniquity.com/2007/08/06/through-the-brooklyn-air/#comment-1475 Since I'm here, this has been in the news for several months now. The loss is sad and Astroland will be sorely missed. At least there will always be Nathan's - and the freak show. I can't help but wonder where things went amiss. Yes, developers have a strong arm, but public outcry could have saved Coney Island. People weren't exactly linking their arms together in human chains of protest. The sad part is that the sale wasn't a surprise. The fact that for years, the tacky surplus furnitures stores which lined the other side of the avenue showed all too well that public interest in keeping Coney Island alive had been lost years ago. First Topsy the elephant, and now the sale of Astroland. The spectators at Coney Island watched the death walk both times and fell silent. :???: Since I’m here, this has been in the news for several months now. The loss is sad and Astroland will be sorely missed. At least there will always be Nathan’s – and the freak show.

I can’t help but wonder where things went amiss. Yes, developers have a strong arm, but public outcry could have saved Coney Island. People weren’t exactly linking their arms together in human chains of protest. The sad part is that the sale wasn’t a surprise. The fact that for years, the tacky surplus furnitures stores which lined the other side of the avenue showed all too well that public interest in keeping Coney Island alive had been lost years ago.

First Topsy the elephant, and now the sale of Astroland. The spectators at Coney Island watched the death walk both times and fell silent. ? ??:

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