Negative-G Coney Island 2009 At Night Page Three

Coney Island
Brooklyn, New York
Friday July 31, 2009
Page Three

Deno's Wonder Wheel, Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York

When my eyes weren't on the Cyclone they were drawn to the Wonder Wheel. Ferris Wheels and their rocking motion freak me out more than a little bit but just like the Cyclone I had to get back here to give the Wonder Wheel's coaster like swinging cars a try as they are just so very, very wrong.

The Boardwalk, Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York

The Boardwalk, Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York

Why hop into the cars and head to our hotel when we had all of Coney Island to explore, see, smell and later taste.

The Boardwalk, Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York

Even with the rain and most of everything closed it was comforting seeing life at Coney Island, especially as cloudy as it's future has been lately with Thor Equities wanting to build monstrous hotels, luxury condos and big box stores. Those things are not Coney Island.

The Boardwalk, Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York

Throughout Coney Island's storied history it has been called "Sodom by the sea", the "people's watering place", the "poor mans Riviera", the "Nickel Empire", but what it has always been is the "people's playground" and it should stay that way.