Coney's Historic Henderson's Building: Now With Plywood

We're not sure what advantage one gains by boarding up windows in a building at the major intersection in Coney Island, other than to create an air of abandonment and urban rot. Yet, plywood has gone up in the windows of the historic Henderson's Building at Stillwell and Surf Avenues, across the street from the subway station, where hundreds of thousands of visitors to Coney Island arrive. The building, of course, is owned by Thor Equities and developer Joe Sitt. Thor plans to demolish it, but many are urging its preservations. The building has been significantly altered over the years, but it has a colorful Coney Island history. The bigger discussion is the fodder for other posts. Our point here is simply to show the degraded state of the building and to point out that it didn't look quite so bad before Thor put plywood in the windows. Any redevelopment of the property is still a long way away. There's a bit of a discussion on the topic at the Coney Island Message Board.