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Tiana Camacho
A voice actor's reflections on how growing up in Coney Island in the 1990s shaped her imagination
![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
![Postcard: Coney Island History Project Collection](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/9515/images/steeplechase_pool_2.jpg?itok=818V6UQe&c=19be1538dcf139e61eb84f0025b83c51)
Nancy Gabriel
Memories of visiting Uncle Pete, who ran a food concession at Steeplechase Pool in the 1930s-50s
![Greg Birbil as a boy with his sisters Katina and Fevronia. Photo by Tilyou Studio Photographers. Courtesy of Greg Birbil.](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/9484/images/birbil_3_1.jpg?itok=MLrr7WLV)
Greg Birbil
Greg Birbil's father, Paul, was a candy maker who owned the Paradise Ice Cream Parlor on Surf Avenue
![Photo: Coney Island History Project Collection](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/9485/images/tornado_postcard_resized.jpg?itok=qUKSoXu-)
Michael Liff
Memories of working at the Tornado roller coaster and other Coney Island rides and games in the 1970s
![Alonzo Kittrels on Coney Island Beach in the 1940s. Photo courtesy of Alonzo Kittrels.](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/9115/images/alonzo_kittrels_2.jpg?itok=zdDvjBUi&c=dabfcd0cd14e00836a23907cd069b74c)
Alonzo Kittrels
Memories of bus trips to Coney Island with the Good Will Family Club from the 1940's through 1961
![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
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Richard Termini
Memories of growing up at Bensonhurst's Termini's Bakery and riding Coney Island's Astroland Rocket
![Jim Lucarelli's mother enjoying a spin on the Sports Car ride. Photo courtesy of Jim Lucarelli.](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/9064/images/jim_lucarelli.jpg?itok=BnjwfauY)
Jim Lucarelli
Memories of operating Steeplechase Park's Sports Car ride in 1963-1964 and fighting the Ravenhall fire
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Pamela Pettyjohn
Longtime Coney Island resident and president of Coney Island Beautification Project
![Leonid Alaverdov at Kings Bay Library, 2020. Photo by Julia Kanin for the Coney Island History Project.](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/9040/images/img_20200215_150753.jpg?itok=glRzxMJN&c=4eff42af27da53f561ae5554b735d90f)
Leonid Alaverdov
Tapestry artist and Coney Island resident whose work is inspired by his native Baku and New York City
![Photo of one-year-old Marie Navarro with her mother in Coney Island, 1960. Photo courtesy of Marie Navarro.](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/8572/images/marie_navarro.jpg?itok=BxLz88no&c=ea6d8de7837734fb7c372d34bf77b735)
Marie Navarro
A lifelong resident's memories of growing up in Coney Island's Gravesend Houses and Kaiser Park