"And-ah... Anyways, lets see what else I-I, eh..
It was Coney Island, they called Coney Island the playground of the world
.
There was no place like it, in the whole world.., like Coney Island when I was a youngster.
No place in the world like it!
It was so fabulous, now it's shrunk down to almost nothing, you see.
And I still remember, in my mind how things used to be.
And-ah you know I feel very bad.
But people from all over the world came here, from all over the world.
There was a playground they called the playground of the worlds, over here.
Anyways, so but I-ah you know.
I even got, when I was very small I even got lost in Coney Island.
But they found me. On the, on the beach.
And we used to sleep on the beach here, sleep over night.
They don't do it any more.. things changed, see.
They don't sleep any more on the beach..."
(Murray Ostril)
Quote taken from one of my old favourite songs by Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQcE4_7-X78
Of course I listened to the song on my iPod whilst I was there and the depressing feel of the place was reflected perfectly in the song. I'm so glad I was there on such a dreary winter's day - it was exactly as I imagined it!
They called it the playground of the world!
Thursday, March 01, 2012
New York City, New York, United States
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