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Let There Be Light: Coney Island's Parachute Jump Gets Blinged Out
Will the post-Sandy makeover lure visitors back?
The F train headed south in Brooklyn was filled with baseball fans like me and my family, headed out to see the minor-league Cyclones play a game at their waterfront stadium in Coney Island. It was a friendly and festive atmosphere. As we rumbled along the elevated tracks, I struck up a conversation with a young woman next to us who was on her way home.
She told us she was "Coney Island born and raised." Yes, she had been there for Superstorm Sandy and all of its aftermath. "Weeks with no power and no heat," she says, shaking her head. "It was bad."