Filtering by 2000 - 2009
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Stanley Shapiro
Memories of growing up in Coney Island in the 1940s and going back four times a year
![Photo Courtesy of Nasim Almuntaser](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/10100/images/nasim_almuntaser.jpg?itok=jNETckh6&c=8853792c05e070059bf2078536d0a2f4)
Nasim Almuntaser
Brooklyn College history student grew up working in his family's bodega in Brighton Beach
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Jeffrey Berman
Longtime Sea Gate resident and watercolor artist who teaches at Seaside Innovative Senior Center
![Frederick Brosen with his 2008 watercolor of Grandma's Predictions. Photo: Coney Island History Project Collection](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/8731/images/frederick_brosen.jpg?itok=-VzlVwPN&c=4eff42af27da53f561ae5554b735d90f)
Frederick Brosen
Artist whose watercolors of the Astroland Rocket and Wonder Wheel sign are emblematic of Coney Island
![Engagement photo of Gina and Freddy by Jody Christopherson. Courtesy of Gina Femia](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/8619/images/gina_and_freddy_photo_by_jody_christopherson-236.jpg?itok=A-dFHSgR)
Gina Femia
Brooklyn-born playwright on her plays set in Coney Island and a marriage proposal on the beach
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Linda Zhang
Coney Island homeowner for 19 years enjoys organic gardening and walking on the boardwalk
![Photo courtesy Olga Lozar](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/7859/images/olga_lozar.jpg?itok=N6l5beaM&c=232f3aaec3bce557e06733a4f673a5a7)
Olga Lozar
A Sea Gate resident who is a Coney Island Polar Bear talks about the pleasures of winter swimming
![Song Xin in her studio with detail of Cutting Dreams depicting State of Liberty](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/8061/images/song_xin.jpg?itok=q77TND1Y)
Xin Song
Artist who used traditional Chinese paper cutting to create public art in Bay Parkway subway station
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Robert Whitney
Memories of a gorilla show, a bungalow colony, and an underground city beside the beach