Filtering by Boardwalk, The
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Emmanuel Elpenord
An actor's memories of growing up in Sea Rise apartments and a souvenir of the Wonder Wheel
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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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Natasha Lvovich
Moscow-born Coney Island resident, writer of creative nonfiction and fiction, and professor of English
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Josh Wolfe
Chairman of Coney Island Prep on growing up in Coney Island and the charter school's first 15 years
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Mary Engel
Filmmaker and archivist whose parents collaborated on the film Little Fugitive in Coney Island
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Mort Shatzkin
Memories of growing up in Coney Island and the family business, Shatzkin's Famous Knishes
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Ronald Kannatt (The Prince of Coney Island)
Twenty years at Deno's Wonder Wheel Park's Karaoke on the Boardwalk
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Stanley Shapiro
Memories of growing up in Coney Island in the 1940s and going back four times a year
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Linda Zhang
Coney Island homeowner for 19 years enjoys organic gardening and walking on the boardwalk
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Karen Dawn Blondel
Environmental justice organizer who was born in Coney Island and raised here in the 1960s and '70s
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Eric Safyan
Architect who grew up in Coney Island in the 1980s and designed the renovated Ruby's Bar & Grill