5 posts tagged “coney island”

Apparently the big wigs and head honchos who secretly run Coney Island have extended there "demolition" of the entire place untill NEXT summer.  while i am not happy, because they shouldnt tear down the place at all, i was a little relieved. So i took a stroll down memory lane again, but this time i dont plan on going back at all this summer. When i went to Coney, the thing that really bothered me the most is the fact that the grandmother fortune teller machine is gone.  I have an old shot from some random day or whatever,

grandmother

But what really pisses me off is the fact that it was replaced with a PEPSI
machine! i guess all those old fortune stubs that i have laying around are
now collectible. I remember last summer it stopped working, kinda weird since at that time major companies were buying up land to tear shit down.
To the left is a link, of my adventure of the disappearing Grandma's Fortune Teller, also i have bad camera holding skillz wordl.

But anyway! walking has been fun. It was really cold for some reason yesterday and so since i did not bring a hoodie or anything i was forced to buy one at a souvenier shop that says Coney Island on it, so it made me look like a tourist, and since i was carrying a camera around mad vendors were calling to me to play there games.

hd test

I think the most interesting part itself is visiting the abandoned parts of Coney. Or atleast the industrial part, i usually get this sense of nostalgia, a feeling that a long history or events took place right where i stood.

coney island steel art

Then you can also find some really interesting things istelf just walking around. For example to my right is a really nice steel art piece, its to bad i dont know who did it but who ever did it, did a very nice job. Especially near the Coney Island Arts center, which to me seems shu

freakshow

t down, along with a few vendors.

shooting the freak

The freakshow, i give this place 5 stars for its originality, i dont know what the freak folks plan on doing after this summer though. ANd on the right is shoot the freak which isnt really a freak but some guy in a mask and holds a shield, he does this little dance when people shoot at him. I kinda feel bad for him in a way as people make a living off this i guess.

Shoot the Freak Overture

                                           And this is the overview of Shoot the freak on the boardwalk.

I thought to add my usual roaming around Coney Island, i love hanging there and its my hometown but its changed since the last time ive been there. They are now tearing down alot of things to make way for a new "better" Coney island. I any case, i had fun and took alot of pictures, i wish i could do better but i suck at photography.

ghost hole

Show us something interesting in the sky.

parachute drop

Something in the sky can mean many things to many people. I have actually lots of shots of things in the sky. I mean what is normally seen in the sky that we havent all seen already? a plane? a blimp? a advertisement? I originally wanted to put something different, something people rarely see but "something in the sky" now a days is kinda hard. So i present the interesting ones.

lifeguard on duty

After a day of spending around Coney Island a i have a few pictures. Its been over 10 years in the making since i stepped foot in my hometown.

Not much has changed indeed, mostly over priced since i came. There is a few new sports fields and now the Parachuye Drop from the early 1900's lights up all year long. (starting last night) The boardwalk is filled up with sand underneath so no more hanging under the boardwalk, although from the beach side is filled iwth sand, the vendor side is still wide open underneath. (thats a good hint) What is really cool is they added a few "sprinklers" to spray people far from the beach, like a fake palm tree that sprays the kids in the sand and on the boardwalk they have a few sprayers aswell.

When it was time to leave, all i had left was digital memories untill the next 10 years or so.

parachute drop

Wonder Wheel 2006

Went down to Coney Island today, i have so much pictures but so little time unfortunately.

Heres a quicky untill later or tomorrow:

shoot the freak

This is "shoot the freak" in Coney Island, Brooklyn, i havent been there in over 10 years. Nothing changed except corporate bullshit  and over priced vendors sadly.

More to come