Yesterday they took the Astroland Icon, the rocket, down from it's perch on the Coney Island Boardwalk, throwing the town into shadows. The whole thing has me walking in shadowland. I apoligize.

Highlights 8/1/8 

 Shadows 1/6/9

Charles Denson, director of the Coney Island History Project says his group is currently in "serious negotiations" with a group that will move the rocket to a new Coney location. "It looks like it [might] be staying. It's a survivor, and it'll keep the Astroland name alive. It's a time capsule; everything inside is absolutely preserved." Charles Denson author of Coney Island Lost and Found the definitive reference book of Coney Island.

The Rocket is 46 years old and Astroland is the only home it's ever known! Looks like the Rocket's poised for a journey. I hope there's a place for it in the "new" Coney Island. - Tricia - Save Coney Island Coalition

Neptune City - Nicole Atkins
You can't see me from this view
All the way down
Trailing the procession
I'll hide out a few more days
Then I'll be leaving this place soon

Our hearts are singing out just for you
A cemetery song for summer
And if we knew just what we could do
A cemetery song we'd not sing

I'm sitting over Neptune City
I used to love it
It used to be pretty
I'll come down, walk around a while
Until I'm sure I can never go home again

Maybe if I paid attention
I could learn to love the landscape I was born to
By the river in the rain
Let it make me new again

Our hearts are singing out just for you
A cemetery song for summer
And if we knew just what we could do
A cemetery song we'd not sing

I'm sitting over Neptune City
I used to love it
It used to be pretty
I'll come down, walk around a while
Until I'm sure I can never go home again