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Oral History Archive

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Greg Birbil
Greg Birbil's father, Paul, was a candy maker who owned the Paradise Ice Cream Parlor on Surf Avenue
Stanley Shapiro
Memories of growing up in Coney Island in the 1940s and going back four times a year
Jen Kepler
Educator at New York Aquarium and passionate observer of Brooklyn wildlife
Steeplechase Pier Fishermen
Harry Delgado, "Stretch," and Larye Mcsheppard share fishing stories
Chris "Daze" Ellis
Artist whose Coney Island-themed work includes solo and community murals at Coney Art Walls
Barry Yanowitz
Growing up in Coney Island in the 1970s and '80s and coming back to photograph it
Gene Ritter
Founder of Cultural Research Divers shares his knowledge of oceans, estuaries, and Coney Island Creek
Federico Ausbury and Maira Vergara
Husband-and-wife music duo Federico Ausbury and Maira Vergara of A Flying Dodo Society