Images of designs submitted for consideration of a Coney Island makeover. One includes an enclosed amusement area known as “Futurama.”
New lighting is one feature shown in the drawings.
Another includes a new Steeplechase Plaza.
Designers see Coney Island as a place of “surrealist fantasy.”
One designer made plans for a multi-level pier.
In this drawing, a “bullet train” would bring people from Manhattan.
A giant canopy would cover Coney Island.
A second view of the multi-level pier.
A giant roller coaster would transport people to either end of the boardwalk.
One designer envisions a sushi skate park.
Drawings include this new clock tower.
This designer shows a mermaid show.
This drawing shows a multi-function tower.
One designer envisions a kinetic museum.
Coney Island is reconceived as a place of Moon Castles.
Another idea shows a “yuppie zoo.”
Another entrant envisioned the area as “Cloney Island.”
This model shows a giant enclosed pier.
One designer shows the area as a giant monster.
One designer thought the area should be flattened and turned into an apple orchard.
