Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1902 — TO REJUVENATE CONEY ISLAND [ARTICLE]

TO REJUVENATE CONEY ISLAND

Park Commissioner Has Plan to Wipe Out Bad Features. New York special: If Park Commissioner Richard Young of Brooklyn has his way the present Coney Island, with its Bowery and multitudinous attractions, will give way to a park, taking in the whole water front Mr. Young says it is not his intention to deprive the resort of its “innocent pleasures” but to make it the “healthiest and most popular resort in existence.”