coney island

i took these pics a long, long time ago in coney island. coney has a special place in my heart. i grew up in brooklyn, and for a long, long time in my youth, coney island was off limits. it was a shithole where if you went to visit, you weren't coming back.

be it the subway gangs or the gangs on the boardwalk [yes, they were different turfs] or the rotten clams from the food stalls on the boardwalk, something was going to get you. and you weren't going home.

but in the last decade and a half or so, like most places in ny, walking through coney island is no longer an extreme sport, a place to risk your life. [unless you want it to be. the cyclone is still amazing and dangerous.]

i think its really cool that coney island has kind become noted for its typography and signage. there was that project a few years ago where the dreamland artists club [http://creativetime.org/programs/archive/2005/dreamland/index.php] did some typographic restorations on the cyclone and some of the game stalls in and around astroland and dinos.

and they did a really spectacular job!

but all i all, i feel like there's a lot more to see and document out there, before they tear it down i mean. i've done a few "typographic walks" and seen some cool crap, but i'd love to see what you all have in the way of coney island type shots, or any other great circus or freakshow or great american carnival typography shots.

>n

UPDATE
my friend marcus sent along these REALLY dope shots:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/utensil-ed/sets/72157603535942742/

thanks marcus!!!