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New Development Offers Something For Blacks, Jews, Italians

Coney Island's march towards transformation into Disneyland By JFK has taken a slight detour. Developer Joseph Sitt's plans to appeal to local residents thus far unenthused by his Brobdingnagian entertainment-lifestyle complex have received a few tweaks. Now the luxury apartments initially planned by Sitt will be instead be hotels, timeshares, bookstores and theaters. This is great news for all sorts of non-Hispanic minority-types! More »

1:20 PM on Mon Jun 18 2007
By Joshua Stein
2,324 views, 22 comments