Oral History Archive

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Billy

Rode the Steeplechase horses

Roy Sylvan Sartin

Model Maker and Music Producer

Peter Ioannou

Amateur fisherman

Maria Argano with Gwen Sooling

Grew up in Luna Park Houses in the 1970's and worked at Nathan's

Brian "Fisherman" Lease

Fisherman performs his Tahitian-inspired song "This Place, Coney Island"

Debra Sturm

New York Aquarium volunteer

Louis Parker

Remembers Astroland Rocket

Jack Ward

Grandson of Coney Island Developer William J. Ward

David Mamasoff

His father sold frozen seafood to Nathan's

Joan DelSandra

Memories of the Bobsled, Caterpillar and Parachute Jump

Marion Kantrowitz

Rode the Cyclone at 4 years old

Chris Davies

Great-grandson of strongman The Great Sandow

Dorothy Wright

Lived in Coney Island since 1961

Elizabeth Velasco

Remembers the Laughing Lady

Joan Briller

Grew up in Brighton Beach

Kenneth Rosen

Remembers details of riding the Parachute Jump

Paul Brigandi

A lover of Steeplechase Park

Susan Petersen Avitzour

Lived in Coney Island until age 11 and is back for the first time in 25 years