Oral History Archive

Filtering by 1970 - 1979 back to all

John Hodge

Member of the Seven Immortals

Sherri and Harold Kaufman

High school sweethearts from Coney Island

Louis Beard

Arcade game repairman

Edwin Cosme

Business Owner and Founder of the Coney Island Sports Foundation

Howie Lipstein

Devoted Cyclone Rider

Steve Spak

Photographer who worked on a city ambulance for Coney Island Hospital in the late 1970's

Peter Agrapides

Owner of Williams Candy and past owner of Fascination Arcade

Louis Parker

Remembers Astroland Rocket

Maria Argano with Gwen Sooling

Grew up in Luna Park Houses in the 1970's and worked at Nathan's

Roy Sylvan Sartin

Model Maker and Music Producer

Betty Fair

Lifelong Coney Island resident

Stanley Fox

Ran penny arcades in Coney Island for over 20 years

Bobby Nagy

Roller coaster aficionado

Kevin Rexach

Worked at the B&B Carousell

Sheila Buxbaum Fitlin

Family owned the Shamrock Irish House and Eldorado Arcade

Lily Binder

Artist and photographer

Reginald Sweeny

Life-long resident of Coney Island

Lou Powsner

Coney Island businessman and neighborhood activist