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NO NO NO NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Fuck You Thor Equities, FUCK YOU MARTY!

Rye Playland, bitches.

Drill! Drill! Drill! Develop! Develop! Develop!

I liked things better when it took longer to support the lie.

Playland sucks.

Sorry to here astroland closing. Mark

six flags over coney

Playland is awesome, but that Mind Scrambler accident years ago really makes me nervous.

Nellie Bly bitches

bulldoze the whole place, its a shithole

Coney Island ghost hole puke guy you will be missed....

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vxAGd5MRWu4

"that Mind Scrambler accident years ago really makes me nervous."

Stop being such a pussy.

Thor's hammer comes down.

First no more syringes in the sand, now this. Coney, I will miss you.

shoot the freak

Good bye! :(

Does anyone know how much the new condos will be going for?

dragon coaster ftw

who they gonna get to play last at coney?

didn't astroland voluntarily sell their land to the developer? what besides the cyclone is charming about astroland? isn't the cyclone a landmark that astroland has a lease to operate? won't the cyclone remain after astroland closes? won't the future not be as tragic as it seems? won't somebody mock my rhetorical questions?

Mark my words -- Astroland will be open next year.

This seems like a negotiating ploy on the part of Astroland. The lease isn't up until the early part of next year but the operator set an early artificial deadline to try to put pressure on Thor to give them a sweet deal. Everyone, including Thor, knows they aren't getting the go-ahead from the city on their plans for at least another year.

BYE BYE ASTROLAND - I HAVE FOND MEMORIES

here are some dandy images of you, your rides, and your puking guys:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/18097936@N00/2761501729/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/18097936@N00/2761487327/in/set-72157606724199705/

ALSO- Anyone know what album cover featured this Bee Ride?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/18097936@N00/2762360936/

Just because the lease isn't up until January, doesn't mean that Astroland doesn't need to know NOW. This is not an artificial deadline. Can you imagine how long it would take to sell off and disassemble all those gigantic rides? The Astrotower alone will take a while. To keep it open next year would also require that parts and permits and insurance, etc all be ordered now well in advance of the lease running out. Packing up an Amusement park that has been operating for 50 years is not the same as packing up your apartment at the very end of your lease.

true dat

speaking of Astroland and Coney Island - anyone know what CD features the Peace Bee ride on the cover? I forget.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/18097936@N00/2762360936/

never got to ride the roller coaster

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I'll buy the rides!

The roller coaster isn't leaving. You can still go on MR. Cyclone next year. The rest of Astroland is leaving

This once great unique city is shedding all of it's character. This is another major blow to a city that once was.

Don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out, 1:43.

rumor is dan deacon is putting on a save coney island benefit show with vivian girls. supposedly hes going to be the "freak" in the shoot the freak game. thing is it'll be 20 bucks to shoot the freak.

12:39, it's Elvis Costello's "When I Was Cruel". That's the album cover.

astroland sold their property (not the rides?) for $30m two years ago. astroland is closing because they sold out...not because of Thor.

The Wonder Wheel is wonderful. Run, don't walk, to Astroland while there's still time.

Live in Florida going tonight for the first and last ride on the same night,same thig happened in Canada, Crystal Beach closed down so did all the vendors out of bussiness its the little guy who gets the short end of the stick

the parachute ride, wonder wheel, and cyclone are all city landmarks and cannot be taken down ever. greg & pauls, cha cha's, and nathans arent likely to leave either.
it sucks that keyspan park didnt have the balls to open up their doors as a major concert venue with regularly planned shows (instead of the occasional amazing show), something that would generate far more money than the lame AAA baseball team. instead, marty markowitz is spending millions on a new outdoor venue in place of asser levy park.

Rem Koolhas is right, Coney Island is just the clitoral appendage of the city of new york.

I remember the little rides when I was a kid at Astroland. I thought I was really riding a real motorcycle. They had this tiny helicopter ride that you could make go up and down. That was fantastic to a 6-year old. I grew up in manhattan and every summer we went out to coney island...the smell of the salty sea air, the popcorn, french fries, and pastachio custard ice cream. I took my first LSD trip on a ride on the cyclone, and then went and sat in an empty lifeguard's chair and watched the ocean. As to coney being the "clitoral appendage of the city," I don't know whether you are being sarcastic, but yes, if it is a clit then it sure gave lots of people a real good orgasm. New york is turning into a sanitized, disneyesque, plastic-wrapped world of yuppies standing around on street corners looking up at tenements and wondering how much they are worth $$$$. Coney may be dirty and dark and mysterious but so is having a good f*&k!

if they ever get around to making an express train from coney to city, watch prices skyrocket!

is astroland closing, coz i wanna go in 2010 from the uk. seen it on so many films/tv shows, will be gutted if its not there.will the wonder wheel/cyclone rides still be there, some one let me know please.cheers usa