Coney Island Development Misgivings Make Hyperbole Inescapable

I don’t know if “the mayor and his developer cronies are doing a hell of a better job destroying New York than al-Qaeda could ever dream of,” but the news that a mall may arrive on the Coney Island Boardwalk is surely disturbing — especially to the New York Press:

This may well be the last summer to experience Coney Island in a form that even vaguely resembles what we’ve all come to think of as “Coney Island.” It’s looking as if by summer 2006, much of it will be gone, and gone forever.