Video of Coney Island in 1952

I love this video that The Retroist posted of Coney Island in 1952. It was a very different place back then with much more energy, activity, and vacationers. Nowadays, Coney Island seems like a local beach slum (even more so now that Astroland is pretty much gone).

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