You know the circus that Thor Equities and developer Joe Sitt want say they are bringing to Coney Island this summer? Yesterday, we were going to crack a joke about how animal rights activists would complain. Well, the circus that will be coming is Cole Bros. and animal rights activists have complained bitterly about its […]
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Potential Coney Island Circus Has Had Animal Abuse Issues
May 30th, 2007 · 3 Comments
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Here’s the Water Slide Thor Says It Will Put Up in Coney Island
May 30th, 2007 · Comments Off on Here’s the Water Slide Thor Says It Will Put Up in Coney Island
In case you’re curious, the image above is the Hippo inflatable water slide that developer Joe Sitt says he’s going to put up somewhere on the Coney Island property that he made vacant this winter and that is currently surrounded by plywood fences. You can check out the slide here on the manufacturer’s website. If […]
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Coney Island Looking Like Sitt for Memorial Day
May 25th, 2007 · 7 Comments
We spent part of yesterday afternoon in Coney Island enjoying the nice weather, and couldn’t resist noticing that the blight along Stillwell Avenue and W. 12 Street is looking splendid just in time for the official kickoff of the summer season this weekend. What’s especially curious is that developer Joe Sitt and Thor Equities aren’t […]
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Great Wall of Red Hook Gets Blown Down
May 18th, 2007 · Comments Off on Great Wall of Red Hook Gets Blown Down
That exciting line of thunderstorms the other afternoon apparently was too much for the Great Blue Wall of Red Hook. Chris Curen, who hit us off with all these photos, reports that “a bunch of sections fell down.” He adds that Ikea did better in the cleanup phase than Thor Equities: Now, I’m not saying […]
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Coney #2: Thor Now Trying the Velvet Hammer?
April 23rd, 2007 · Comments Off on Coney #2: Thor Now Trying the Velvet Hammer?
As we reported yesterday, we found Dianna Carlin, aka Lola Staar, in her boardwalk shop on Saturday, happily selling her merchandise on her first day back in business. “Being evicted is the best thing that ever happened to me,” she said, explaining that she had gotten her store back for another season while retaining the […]
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Coney #1: Thor’s Coney Island Improvements Working
April 23rd, 2007 · Comments Off on Coney #1: Thor’s Coney Island Improvements Working
The massive Coney Island fence created by Thor Equities and developer Joe Sitt totals more than three blocks of street frontage, including a long chute-like area on Stillwell Avenue that could become a magnet for crime during the 2007 season unless ways are found to enliven the now-dead streetscape. Mr. Sitt’s Humongous Plywood Fence is […]
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