Thinkers offer ideas for Coney Island

The Center for an Urban Future issued a report yesterday
with opinions from architects, urban planners, historians and writers on the
future of Coney Island. Jonathan Lethem, author of “Motherless Brooklyn” and “The
Fortress of Solitude” criticized the Atlantic Yards project, calling developer Bruce Ratner’s
leadership of the project a “mistake.” Lisa Chamberlain, executive
director of the Forum for Urban Design, suggested an express train from Times
Square to Coney Island to draw some of Times Square’s tourists to Coney Island.