Filtering by 1980 - 1989
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Jeanette Bigelson
At age 103, Coney Island resident shares her memories and secrets to a long and happy life
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Frank Gurrera
Machinist at MTA's Coney Island Overhaul and Repair Shop and oldest active TWU Local 100 member
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Anthony Wang
Resident of senior housing in Coney Island was born in Shanghai and survived the Cultural Revolution
![Gargiulo's Restaurant](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/6165/images/gargiulo_restaurant.2.jpg?itok=xfJSTgHp&c=eaa736d181aa8ee3e6284405b1ba0483)
Josephine Gargiulo Cassata
Daughter of Gargiulo's founder was born in an apartment above Coney Island's famous restaurant
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Shavon Meyers
A poet and storyteller on growing up in Coney Island at Gravesend Houses, the beach and Astroland
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Gabriel Valencia
Twenty-five years at Gregory & Paul's and Paul's Daughter on the Coney Island Boardwalk
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Lorraine Ross
Resident of Coney Island for 47 years and retired transit cleaner at Stillwell Terminal
![Photo of Lu Zhao by Sylvia Ching Man Wong for the Coney Island History Project.](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/8732/images/img_7581.jpg?itok=W6F8JVP5)
Lu Zhao
Calligrapher recounts his artistic journey from China's Guangdong Province to Brooklyn's Bensonhurst
![John Hunt with one of his scale models of the Cyclone. Photo courtesy of John Hunt.](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/9561/images/img_0395.jpg?itok=062xgkDT&c=232f3aaec3bce557e06733a4f673a5a7)
John Hunt
Model builder of roller coasters and amusement rides including the Cyclone and Deno's Wonder Wheel
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Juanhua Zhao
Tai chi teacher at Coney Island's Seaside Innovative Senior Center shares her life story
![Alisa Minyukova. Photo by Isak Tiner. Courtesy of the artist.](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/9139/images/img_2902_alissa_border_crop.jpg?itok=9A1iuh96&c=82b87e2ac3424324cb0e184f9c45d026)
Alisa Minyukova
Brooklyn artist who emigrated from Russia as a child is drawn to Ocean Parkway and Brighton Beach
![Steven Feinstein, owner of Wilensky Hardware store. Photo © Charles Denson.](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/8842/images/steve_6575.jpg?itok=0uc8tIJJ)
Steven Feinstein
Reflections on running Wilensky Hardware, a 100-year-old family business on Mermaid Avenue