Filtering by 1970 - 1979

Silvana, Adrianne and Silverio Conte
Silvana, Adrianne and Silverio Conte, owners of 51-year-old SAS Italian Records in Bensonhurst

Mindy Gress
Memories of growing up on Coney Island's first block and working in the Cyclone photobooth's darkroom

Van Milana
Grandson of sword swallower Joseph "Ajax" Milana and DeWise Purdin "The Handless Sharpshooter"

Karen Dawn Blondel
Environmental justice organizer who was born in Coney Island and raised here in the 1960s and '70s

Anthony Wang
Resident of senior housing in Coney Island was born in Shanghai and survived the Cultural Revolution

Chris "Daze" Ellis
Artist whose Coney Island-themed work includes solo and community murals at Coney Art Walls

Irene Karas
Sea Gate resident on her girlhood memories of Coney Island and passing them on to her daughter

Eric Safyan
Architect who grew up in Coney Island in the 1980s and designed the renovated Ruby's Bar & Grill

Michael Goldstein (Looch)
Memories of growing up on Mermaid Avenue and working games in Coney Island from age twelve

Josephine Gargiulo Cassata
Daughter of Gargiulo's founder was born in an apartment above Coney Island's famous restaurant

Charles Berkman
Memories of growing up in Coney Island during the Great Depression and 55 years practicing law