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August 5, 2006

Coney Island, R.I.P.

ConeyIsland-ThorEquities.jpg We bring you another case in which "Atlantic Yards" has become the measuring stick for extreme overdevelopment and bad urban planning.

The Real Estate Observer picks up an item in Gowanus Lounge about the grand plans to redevelop Coney Island and concludes, "But at least it ain't Atlantic Yards ... right? Right?"

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NoLandGrab: Believe it or not, as "barfalicious" as Thor Equities's plans for Coney Island may be, they still don't measure up on the extreme- overdevelopment scale against Atlantic Yards.

Posted by lumi at August 5, 2006 8:53 AM