Coney was once a place of extraordinary spectacle, inventiveness and fun – the “world’s playground”. Over the last several decades, Coney Island has declined, but survived. Millions of New Yorkers still visit Coney Island. But Coney Island needs revitalization. How can we make Coney Island one of the world’s great destinations once again?

ImagineConey Public Program Series

Wednesday, February 11, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
A Serious Business: The Future of Amusements in an Urban Economy
A panel of experts discuss the future of urban amusement parks in New York’s recession-era economy.

Tuesday, February 17, 6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
Imagining Coney: Bold Ideas, Technicolor Dreams, and Fanciful Concepts
A review of over 300 ideas submitted from around the world by the general public and professional designers.

Exhibit: Imagine Coney – Bold Ideas for Coney Island’s Future
Exhibition on display Wednesday, February 4 – Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Gallery Hours: Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri, and Sat: 11 am – 5 pm. Closed Thurs and Sun

Imagine Coney: the Initiative

MAS has launched a global initiative to seek new ideas for Coney Island known as “ImagineConey”. We have invited the public to submit ideas online at imagineconey.com and through two public workshops held in November in Brooklyn. Click here to read more about the two workshops.

We also invited a team of world-class architects, engineers, amusement designers and creative producers to participate in a “charrette” – an intense design workshop – on November 13 & 14, 2008, to develop new ideas for activities, designs, events and interim uses for Coney Island.  Click here to see photos and read about their ideas. Click here to see photographs of the team in action.

The team was briefed by key stakeholders at Brooklyn Borough Hall on October 27 and reviewed ideas submitted to the ImagineConey website during the charrette. On November 17, the team presented their initial findings at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.