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Activists were displeased when the Parks Department decided to replace the wooden boardwalk on Coney Island [/plastic-future-for-coneys-boardwalk/] with a cement and plastic one. Now, six months after Superstorm Sandy battered our shores, the New York Post is reporting [http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/
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Source: blhphotography / FlickrAs we reported last month [/wooden-boardwalk-advocates-headed-to-court-against-the-parks-department/], the battle over the future of Coney Island’s historic boardwalk is finally coming to a head this Thursday, October 25, at 360 Adams Street, Kings County Supreme Court House, in hearing room
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Rob Burstein, president of the Coney-Brighton Boardwalk Alliance, Todd Dobrin, president of Friends of the Boardwalk, and the concrete boards on their beloved wooden boardwalk are headed to court. Burstein sent out a letter to his supporters detailing the legislative actions law firm of Goodwin-Proctor will be taking
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Bye bye boards. (Source: Khomille via Flickr)Yesterday the Public Design Commission [http://amusingthezillion.com/2012/03/09/the-10-people-who-will-decide-the-fate-of-coney-island-boardwalk/] approved a plan to replace a large section of Coney Island’s iconic wooden boardwalk with a combination of plastic