Filtering by 1970 - 1979
Michael Liff
Memories of working at the Tornado roller coaster and other Coney Island rides and games in the 1970s
Steven Feinstein
Reflections on running Wilensky Hardware, a 100-year-old family business on Mermaid Avenue
Steve Campanella
Collector of 1950's and '60s memorabilia whose Bensonhurst home is known as the Statue House
Dennis Thomas
President of the Coney Island Polar Bear Club for the past 12 years and a member since the 1980s
Boan Lin (Master Lin)
Tai chi master who was born in China shares memories of practicing and teaching his art in Brooklyn
Yeva Novik
A 90-year-old Coney Island resident recounts her journey from Moscow to Southern Brooklyn
Stephen Salmieri
Bensonhurst-born photographer whose work documents Coney Island from the mid-1960s to early '70s
Alexander Vindman
Retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who emigrated from Ukraine to Brighton Beach as a child
Mary Engel
Filmmaker and archivist whose parents collaborated on the film Little Fugitive in Coney Island
Mort Shatzkin
Memories of growing up in Coney Island and the family business, Shatzkin's Famous Knishes
Irwin Temkin
Growing up in Coney Island and how learning French at Lincoln High School influenced his life
Karen Wilcox
Memories of living in Luna Park Houses and going to Coney Island bathhouses in the 1960s
