Oral History Archive

Filtering by 1970 - 1979 back to all

Vivian Palo

Loved growing up and raising children in Coney Island

Wally Roberts

The King of Jones Walk

Marie Roberts

A painter with a Coney Island legacy

Walter "Shorty" Arsenault

Long-time manager of Astroland's Kiddieland

Jimmy McCullough

Lifelong carousel owner and operator

Peter Spanakos

Founder of the Sea Gate Historical Society

Abe Feinstein

Photographing his Coney Island neighborhood for 50 years

Richard Picone

A fan of the Cyclone

Mi Won Kim

Fan of the new Luna Park

Allen Ashby

Visiting Coney Island his whole life

John Hodge

Member of the Seven Immortals

Sherri and Harold Kaufman

High school sweethearts from Coney Island

Louis Beard

Arcade game repairman

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

Edwin Cosme

Business Owner and Founder of the Coney Island Sports Foundation

Howie Lipstein

Devoted Cyclone Rider

Louis Parker

Remembers Astroland Rocket