The Parks Department has postponed to February 21 a hearing to win approval for its controversial plan to pave all but four blocks of the Coney Island Boardwalk with concrete and plastic wood. On Monday night, Coney-Brighton Boardwalk Alliance’s Rob Burstein told ATZ: “I just received an e-mail from the Parks Department’s liaison to the [...]
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Parks Postpones Do-Or-Die Hearing on Coney Concretewalk
Posted in News, Photography, tagged Boardwalk, Bruce Handy, Coney Island, Coney-Brighton Boardwalk Alliance, design, environment, Friends of the Boardwalk, Parks Department on January 24, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Jan 30: NYC Design Commission to Meet (Again) on Coney Island Concretewalk
Posted in News, tagged Boardwalk, Brighton Beach, concrete, Coney Island, Coney-Brighton Boardwalk Alliance, design, environment, Friends of the Boardwalk, Parks Department, rainforest wood on January 20, 2012 | 1 Comment »
UPDATE…February 17…The Parks Department has once again postponed the date– February 21 — that they requested to present the Concretewalk plan to the Public Design Commission! We have no idea why–Perhaps they’re not ready? Perhaps they’re busy lining up support from the PDC commissioners? Perhaps they’re trying to throw off the grassroots opposition? The online [...]
New Year, New Push to “Keep the Boards in the Coney Island Boardwalk”
Posted in News, tagged Boardwalk, Brighton Beach, concrete, Coney Island, Coney-Brighton Boardwalk Alliance, local, Parks Department, rainforest wood on January 5, 2012 | 8 Comments »
The New Year brings a new petition from concretewalk opponent and founder of the Coney-Brighton Boardwalk Alliance Rob Burstein. “Keep the Boards in the Coney Island Boardwalk–No Concrete! and Save the Rainforests” is circulating among our Coney friends on Facebook and has already gathered more than 365 signatures out of goal of 5,000. Addressed to [...]













