Everyone, it seems now wants to have something to say about the future of Coney Island. From the Center for an Urban Future:

Well-known architects, historians, novelists, developers and amusement industry experts from New York and around the world offer their “vision” for Coney Island’s future in a new report being released today by the Center for an Urban Future, a non-partisan think tank based in Manhattan. The report includes fresh ideas for remaking Coney Island into a 21st Century amusement district from novelists Jonathan Lethem and Kevin Baker; amusement and carnival experts such as the CEO of Copenhagen’s Tivoli Gardens and the executive director of the Big Apple Circus; innovative New York-based real estate developers Irwin Cohen and Greg O’Connell; architects and architectural critics from Michael Singer to Paul Goldberger; historians such as Mike Wallace and Michael Immerso; urban planner Alexander Garvin; video game developer Eric Zimmerman; creative entrepreneur Dianna Carlin; and a number of other influential thinkers. The Center for an Urban Future’s aim with this report is to inject fresh ideas into the city’s ongoing planning for Coney Island’s redevelopment that, despite its clear benefits, has come up short of creating a bold vision for restoring the area to its historic place as a truly great entertainment district. The Center reached out to innovative and creative individuals from New York and around the world, most of who have not previously weighed in with ideas about Coney Island’s future.

We don’t know if this is all helpful or not. We will digest and opine with (hopefully) some intelligence tomorrow.