Save Coney Island Preserve the Boardwalk! Brooklyn Follies!

Boardwalk Businesses and "Brooklyn Follies"! Photo by Reuben Radding Preserve the Best of the Boardwalk   News that many of Coney Island's Boardwalk businesses will not have their leases renewed has sparked an outcry among those who love Coney Island. While Save Coney Island recognizes the importance of revitalizing Coney Island and making improvements to the Boardwalk, we feel strongly that any redevelopment should include the businesses that have helped sustain Coney Island during tough times. Save Coney Island believes that building on Coney Island's existing strengths is preferable to a blank slate approach to redevelopment. Honoring Coney Island's past is integral to efforts to give it a bright future. Save Coney Island commends Zamperla for the positive role it has played in opening the new Luna Park. However, we are urging Zamperla to negotiate with existing Boardwalk businesses so that more can remain. It is our hope that such negotiations will yield a better mix of old and new that retains more of the best of the existing Coney Island. In particular, Save Coney Island believes that the retention of Ruby's Bar & Grill is extremely important. The bar has been a part of Coney Island for more than 70 years and has been owned by the family of Ruby Jacobs since the 1970s. The Jacobs family has stuck with Coney Island through good times and bad, building up a loyal clientele and a great sense of community. We are urging Zamperla to work with Ruby's to find a way to let this beloved Boardwalk icon remain. "Brooklyn Follies" is Bringing Back Zeigfeld-Era Glamour   Several friends of Save Coney Island are putting together "Brooklyn Follies"-- a special performance with dance and live music.  The show features the "Hot Toddy Dancers", international burlesque sensations World Famous * BOB* (who will host the event) and Peekaboo Pointe, as well as additional surprise guests. ONE DOZEN beautiful "HOT TODDY DANCERS" will shimmy and shake their way through a Fosse-style chair dance, a Turkish harem belly dance, and even a Hip-Hop Circus with a live tiger taming! Where:  Galapagos Artspace, 16 Main St, DUMBO, Brooklyn When:  November 14th, 2010, from 7:30-9:00 p.m.  (doors open at 6:30) Tickets are $15.00 on sale now here or via galapagosartspace.com (21 and over only) A portion of the proceeds from the event go to Save Coney Island. --------------------- DONATE TO SAVE CONEY ISLAND We are working to raise public awareness about this urgent threat to Coney Island's remaining historical structures. Please help our efforts by making a donation. Make a Donation www.saveconeyisland.net Save Coney Island 237 Flatbush Avenue #248 Brooklyn, New York 11217