Under the Redevelopment Plan

"Under the Redevelopment Plan Coney Island, N.Y. famed Steeplechase Park would be demolished to make way for housing to alleviate a very urgent need in the area. This view shows the beginning of the Steeplechase property at West 16th Street. It is proposed that this bloc be used for a relocated ice skating rink and convention hall and an area from West 17th Street west to 20th Street be used for housing..."