CONEY ISLAND ARCHITECTURE

AN URBAN ARCHITECTURAL PROJECT SUCH AS REDEVELOPING CONEY ISLAND TAKES A DEEP WILD RIDE TO THE FAILURE AND SUCCESS OF THE ONCE BOOMING TOWN. THE ARCHITECTURE OF CONEY ISLAND IS AN INTERESTING AND FASCINATING STUDY, FOR MANY REASONS. WE WONDER WHY THE ARCHITECTURE HAS DETERIORATED OVER THE YEARS FROM WHAT WAS KNOWN AT ONE POINT AS FUTURISTIC. THE AMUSEMENT CREATED THRILL AND DANGER WHICH PEOPLE SOUGHT TO BE AMUSING AND EXCITING. MAYBE CONEY ISLAND WAS TO FAST FOR ITS TIME, AND HAD NO TIME TO LOOK BACK AND SEE WHAT THEY HAD ACTUALLY DONE. COULD CREATING SUCH A RADICAL PLACE BE TOO MUCH TO HANDLE. OR DID THEY JUST DESIGN THE ARCHITECTURE AND EVENTS FOR QUICK THRILLS AND FORGET ABOUT THE MONSTROUS URBAN ENVIRONMENT THEY HAD CREATED. THE DEAD ARCHITECTURE OF CONEY ISLAND WE LOOK TO SEEK OUT THE ISSUES AND UNDERSTAND WHAT NOT TO DO, AND HOW NOT TO REDEVELOP, BUT STILL RESPECT THE NAME AND CULTURE OF CONEY ISLAND.