Filtering by emigration and immigration
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Anthony Wang
Resident of senior housing in Coney Island was born in Shanghai and survived the Cultural Revolution
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Gabriel Valencia
Twenty-five years at Gregory & Paul's and Paul's Daughter on the Coney Island Boardwalk
![Photo of Lu Zhao by Sylvia Ching Man Wong for the Coney Island History Project.](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/8732/images/img_7581.jpg?itok=W6F8JVP5)
Lu Zhao
Calligrapher recounts his artistic journey from China's Guangdong Province to Brooklyn's Bensonhurst
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Juanhua Zhao
Tai chi teacher at Coney Island's Seaside Innovative Senior Center shares her life story
![Alisa Minyukova. Photo by Isak Tiner. Courtesy of the artist.](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/9139/images/img_2902_alissa_border_crop.jpg?itok=9A1iuh96&c=82b87e2ac3424324cb0e184f9c45d026)
Alisa Minyukova
Brooklyn artist who emigrated from Russia as a child is drawn to Ocean Parkway and Brighton Beach
![Leonid Alaverdov at Kings Bay Library, 2020. Photo by Julia Kanin for the Coney Island History Project.](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/9040/images/img_20200215_150753.jpg?itok=glRzxMJN&c=4eff42af27da53f561ae5554b735d90f)
Leonid Alaverdov
Tapestry artist and Coney Island resident whose work is inspired by his native Baku and New York City
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Father Maxim Pliskov
Russian Orthodox priest at Coney Island's St. John of Kronstadt Chapel for the Homeless
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Boan Lin (Master Lin)
Tai chi master who was born in China shares memories of practicing and teaching his art in Brooklyn
![Yeva Novik, 2019. Photo by Julia Kanin for the Coney Island History Project.](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/8510/images/yeva_novik_1_.jpg?itok=-LZKnkqr)
Yeva Novik
A 90-year-old Coney Island resident recounts her journey from Moscow to Southern Brooklyn
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Natasha Lvovich
Moscow-born Coney Island resident, writer of creative nonfiction and fiction, and professor of English
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Mr. Luong
Coney Island homeowner recalls fleeing Vietnam with his family in 1981 and settling in New York City