coney island, 10/05
An early October trip to Coney Island.
1. We caught the bus by Keyspan Park, took it down Surf Avenue, got off at 33rd Street, made a right on 34th, and the first left onto Mermaid Avenue. We looked for #3520, formerly occupied by Woody Guthrie and family. We found the apartment complex that replaced it long before we were born.
(1a. Incidentally, if you enter “3520 Mermaid Ave., Brooklyn, NY” into Google Maps, and look at the satellite view, Coney Island is a lush blur, like a SimCity screenshot printed on sunbleached Kodachrome.)
2. We walked down the Boardwalk. The sounds of the Polyphonic Spree ricocheted between the projects. We walked through Astroland at dusk.
3. The Parachute Drop as the light disappears. The cell phone camera overcompensates with its usual granular aplomb.
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That last shot is perfect–like some giant alien arm with fingers stretched upwards from some long-gone civilization…I like how the dark curves the borders around the ride.