Filtering by Kaiser Park
![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
![Frieda at 17. Photo courtesy of Frieda Schwelke](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/10621/images/frieda_schwelke.jpg?itok=NGdq_F7V&c=d4d47030f8dd8299f1caa932467646ea)
Frieda Schwelke
Memories of growing up in Coney Island in the 1930s and '40s and moving to Luna Park Houses in 1962
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Karen Dawn Blondel
Environmental justice organizer who was born in Coney Island and raised here in the 1960s and '70s
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Ted Enoch
Partnerships for Parks' Catalyst community specialist on waterfront parks along Coney Island Creek
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Georganna Deas
Coney Island resident Georganna Deas has spent forty years advocating for a better Coney Island