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John Hunt
Model builder of roller coasters and amusement rides including the Cyclone and Deno's Wonder Wheel

Jeffrey Berman
Longtime Sea Gate resident and watercolor artist who teaches at Seaside Innovative Senior Center

Nancy Gabriel
Memories of visiting Uncle Pete, who ran a food concession at Steeplechase Pool in the 1930s-50s

Greg Birbil
Greg Birbil's father, Paul, was a candy maker who owned the Paradise Ice Cream Parlor on Surf Avenue

Michael Liff
Memories of working at the Tornado roller coaster and other Coney Island rides and games in the 1970s

Robert Levrini
Memories of growing up on West 5th Street and grandfather's shoe repair shop on Ocean Parkway

Barbara Unterman Jones
Memories of being one of the first families to move into Gravesend Houses in 1954 and growing up there

Emmanuel Elpenord
An actor's memories of growing up in Sea Rise apartments and a souvenir of the Wonder Wheel

Alonzo Kittrels
Memories of bus trips to Coney Island with the Good Will Family Club from the 1940's through 1961

Alisa Minyukova
Brooklyn artist who emigrated from Russia as a child is drawn to Ocean Parkway and Brighton Beach