Oral History Archive

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Everett Ortner

Co-founder of the Brownstone Revival Coalition

Joe Franklin

Radio and television personality

Alvin Dorfman

1944 Lincoln HS graduate and former West Brighton resident

Ray Leibowitz

Lincoln HS graduate and former West End resident in the 1940's and 50's

Mark Breyer

Outside talker at the World in Wax Musee and lifeguard in the 1950's and 60's

Arthur Melnick

Coney Island concessionaire

Namomi Gorin

Summer resident of Sea Gate

Naomi M

Experiences at the Mermaid Parade

Reginald Sweeny

Life-long resident of Coney Island

Lou Powsner

Coney Island businessman and neighborhood activist

Joan and Julie Curran

Longtime residents of Coney Island

The sounds of a typical day at Major Markets on Mermaid Avenue

Oldest market in Coney Island

Louis Scarcella

Longtime resident of Coney Island and former President of the Polar Bear Club

Jimmy Prince

Proprietor of Major Markets, Coney Island's oldest butcher shop

Daniel Blake (Africasso)

Artist and Champion Break-Dancer

Goldie Durlester

Depression-era resident and survivor of the 1932 fire

Terry Silverman

Cousin of Beth Allen, incubator baby

Lennie Fogel

Son of West End and Sea Gate shopkeepers in the 1940's and 50's