Astroland's last stand
The end is approaching for Astroland, which goes dark shortly after Labor Day — all the neon and the rides and the booths rolling out on a tide that will never return.
In its place comes a planned $2 billion Coney Island makeover, a proposal to convert the once-seedy stretch of Brooklyn into a year-round stop with a swanky Vegas-style hotel and glitzy indoor attractions. Albert, who sold the family property to developer Thor Equities last November, remains in intermittent denial about Astroland's impending demise.
http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=27&id=13160
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Posted By Chaptzem to Chaptzem Blog! at 5/31/2007 10:01:00 AM
