Oral History Archive

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David Rapaport

Got stuck on the Parachute Jump

Melissa Rosson Rappaport

Architectural preservationist

Ronald Ruiz

Retired bus driver

Billy

Rode the Steeplechase horses

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

Dorothy Wright

Lived in Coney Island since 1961

Trav S.D.

Actor, author, and modern-day vaudevillian

Paul Krassner

Author and key figure in the counterculture of the 1960's shares his Coney Island memories

Matt Kennedy

Longtime Director of the Coney Island Chamber of Commerce

Philomena Marano

Artist and co-founder of Coney Island Hysterical Society

Ed Spielman

Biographer of the Mighty Atom

Barbara Delamadrid

A lifetime resident of Coney Island

Nick Fracaro

Artistic Director of Thieves Theatre

Frank Pugliese

Maintained Astroland Park's Astrotower for 25 years

Marvin Sylvor

American carousel designer and artist