Long live the SOUL of Coney Island! Thank you so much to everyone who came out to my Save Coney Island meeting last night! It was a truly insightful and inspiring night full of brilliant ideas about how to reform Save Coney Island and work together to ensure the People’s Playground remains the diverse, accessible, inclusive,…
Working on writing a petition to save my boardwalk shop. It’s mind blowing to me that on my shops 20th anniversary, I’m fighting with the City, with the elected officials, trying to convince them that my business is worth stepping in to save. That Lola Star Coney Island is an important contributor to the redevelopment of…
It’s the last weekend of summer and the time for JOY is NOW! Because you never know what shifting change tomorrow may bring. Theses may be the last days of our 20 year old shop in the boardwalk! So don’t postpone your visit! We have joy galore at Lola Star on the Coney Island boardwalk!…
I’m going to be honest with you guys…. it’s so hard to stay positive and keep dreaming when our future is so uncertain. In addition to struggling to keep my business afloat financially during the pandemic we STILL are in danger of being kicked out of Coney Island by Luna Park. Last week they asked…
Shop small! Shop Coney! You vote with your money. The places you spend your money are the places you “vote” into existence! I really try to live by this motto! Which is why Miss. Coney Island 2020 and I had to stop in to support Williams Candy for cotton candy & candy apples on our boardwalk…
Happy 20th Anniversary to Lola Star Coney Island! Memorial weekend was my 20th anniversary of owning a shop on the boardwalk. What a wild ride. Two decades of Coney Island fabulousness. I thought we’d be commemorating this monumental accomplishment by throwing a gigantic bash lasting the entire season…. but instead of a big celebration I’m still…
Wow… the irony is incredible. Facebook reminded me that this is the 10 year anniversary of the day I returned to my shop after being kicked out for one year. I opened my shop in 2001. But in 2009 Thor Equities kicked me out because of my Save Coney Island activism. They were attempting to…
THANK YOU for all of your support, encouragement, letters, reposts etc. I’m still waiting for the Mayor to follow through on his promise that he made to me on WNYC during the Brian Lehrer show . No progress has been made yet. I received a legal notice from Luna Park stating I have to vacate by Feb…
Is Coney Island in danger of becoming the Playground of the Rich rather then it’s historic legacy as the People’s Playground? The City of New York owns the land. They purchased it with your taxpayer dollars in 2009 with the promise of preserving the Spirit of Coney Island. I’m hoping they will take action to…
NEW DATE! DEC 5 at 1pm! The Save the Small Businesses of Coney Island Rally on the Steps of City Hall has been rescheduled to Thursday Dec 5th due to the weather. It’s suppose to snow & rain on Monday so we’ve rescheduled for Thursday Dec 5th when it’s 44 degrees and sunny. Please swing…
PROGRESS! This morning I talked to the mayors office. He said they have received calls from “every elected official known to man” since our demonstration on Thursday. He said we’ve gained a “tremendous amount of allies from elected officials who support our cause. ” He congratulated me on a “VERY “ successful demonstration. The mayors…
Join Save Coney Island at noon on Monday Dec 2nd at City Hall to urge the City of New York to help Save the Small Business Soul of Coney Island. Help my business to remain on the Coney Island Boardwalk! All of the boardwalk businesses had 9 year leases that expired this Saturday. My landlord, Luna…
See this fabulous guy perform at our Prince Purple Rain disco party this Friday at 7:30-10:30! Roller derby & dance floor legend, Samy Stardust, will be dazzling the crowd with his hot dance moves! Skate Dance Competition! Costume contest! Prince & contemporaries all night! And more! Ticket link in bio! Aug 25 Purple Rain- Prince…
Eight years ago today. Our Save Coney Island demonstration at Brooklyn Borough Hall
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On the anniversary of the eve of day we said goodbye in 2013 to this Coney Island icon… this a sketch of the Astrotower that legendary sideshow banner painter gave to me. The Astrotower was the last remaining icon of the old amusement park, Astroland. She started to sway a few days before the 4th….
Crazy! 7 years ago today my shop reopened on the Coney Island Boardwalk after I was kicked out for a year. I lost my store because of my community activism & standing up for the preservation of the amusement district in Coney Island! After the developer kicked me out the city let me have my…