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Robert Whitney
Memories of a gorilla show, a bungalow colony, and an underground city beside the beach
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Stanley Fox, Part 2
Retired arcade operator's memories of when Coney Island's amusements were open in the wintertime
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Alito Hernandez
From breakdancing on the streets of Coney Island with Fresh Kids to Peter Gennaro's Street Dreams
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Silvana, Adrianne and Silverio Conte
Silvana, Adrianne and Silverio Conte, owners of 51-year-old SAS Italian Records in Bensonhurst
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Yi Xin Tong (in English)
Living in Gravesend, artist from China's Mount Lu feels closest to home at Coney Island Creek
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Carmela
Growing up on West 16th Street between Mermaid and Neptune in a cold water flat in the 1940s and '50s
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Mindy Gress
Memories of growing up on Coney Island's first block and working in the Cyclone photobooth's darkroom
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Kai Fung
Homeowner in Coney Island's West End for almost 30 years and first member of his family to settle here