NY - Lower East Side Jaguar E-Type & Coney Island Trip

[dutchmasterflex]

Been going down to NY almost every weekend lately (nothing new there) and got a chance to enjoy great Sunday weather down in famous Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York.

Picked up a couple of my friends who live down in the East Village of Manhattan and decided to take a couple test shots while waiting for them to come down to the car.

This beauty sneaked by, luckily I was able to catch it. If only I was a couple seconds quicker I'd have a better shot of it..


Coney Island - before the rebuild.

The Old Parachute Jump




Lots of open real estate for restoration


Original Boardwalk that needs to be rebuilt


Palm trees in Brooklyn?!


Original Ferris Wheel - The Wonder Wheel


Dude with a snake trying to make a $buck


He also had a couple of parrots


What a great combo


Long Island in the distance


80th Anniversary of the Cyclone - AWESOME ride due to the "rickety factor", each time it banks to turn around you think the train is about to fly off the tracks!




It was a great way to spend a Sunday with nice weather. There are big plans to restore Coney Island to the popular spot it once was back in the day. Sadly they will take down many of the rides, but will keep the Cyclone for historical purposes.
I'm really excited to see what Brooklyn becomes within the next 5 years.

[TT]

very nice pics dude! Thanks!

[Mr.Vercetti]

Thnx for the pics man, they are very very nice. As for NYC I was born there but up to this day havent visited..

[dutchmasterflex]

Originally Posted by Mr.Vercetti Thnx for the pics man, they are very very nice. As for NYC I was born there but up to this day havent visited..

You're missing out Although I'm sure living in Greece ain't too bad either

[sameerrao]

Very nice pics. You captured the mood of the place very well.

[franck bullitt]

Originally Posted by TT very nice pics dude! Thanks!

+1....

[sentra_dude]

Great pics, too bad about that stupid light pole being in the middle of the Jag shot... The other shots are very interesting.

How does the "The Old Parachute Jump" work? Did people jump off of it and pull a parachute?

[Mr.Vercetti]

Originally Posted by dutchmasterflex Originally Posted by Mr.Vercetti Thnx for the pics man, they are very very nice. As for NYC I was born there but up to this day havent visited.. You're missing out Although I'm sure living in Greece ain't too bad either

The thing is that nowadays I don't have any relatives in NYC.. I have in New Jersey, Arizona, and Florida but noone in NYC... Ahh.. after I finish with my MSc maybe Ill go for a week or so for vacations..

Hahahaha yeah.. Ive been living on Scotland for 8-9 months now. Its quite nice but I wouldnt trade Greece for nooooooothing..

[dutchmasterflex]

Originally Posted by sentra_dude Great pics, too bad about that stupid light pole being in the middle of the Jag shot... The other shots are very interesting. How does the "The Old Parachute Jump" work? Did people jump off of it and pull a parachute?

Yeah I really wish I was just a few seconds quicker to catch the Jag.. I wasn't expecting to see anything nice at all as I was just quickly taking some test shots while waiting for my friends to come down.


I wish I could of been around when the Parachute Drop(not jump, makes much more sense) was open, cause it looks like fun. Here's a few pics that can explain how it works far better than I could explain it.



The tower is pretty high and I'd image you'd get a great view of NYC from way up there.

[dutchmasterflex]

Few more pics and full resolution photos @ http://www.putanginaka.net/photoalbu...-Coney.Island/