![Lola the Illustrator with her new mural "Coney Wonders."](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/6177/images/2017-08-11015a.jpg?itok=9In96TFE&c=4eff42af27da53f561ae5554b735d90f)
Lola Glass (Lola the Illustrator)
A nine-year-old artist whose favorite place is Coney Island paints a mural at Deno's Wonder Wheel Park
![Father Pappas hosts a radio program, “Matters of Conscience” on WNYE COSMOS FM at 91.5 every Saturday at 1:15PM. Photo courtesy of COSMOS FM](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/6151/images/father_pappas_cosmos_fm.jpg?itok=gohzIbU5&c=59e95d6993d55339b518572cb12627f3)
Father Eugene Pappas
On growing up in Coney Island in the 1940s and the history of Greek-American businesses in the area
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Jeffrey L. Wilson
Memories of growing up in Coney Island in the 1980s and '90s and Faber's Fascination Arcade
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Mathylde Frontus
On growing up in Coney Island and founding the nonprofit Urban Neighborhood Services
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Jeffrey Eisenmesser
Former teacher at Mark Twain Junior High School recalls his Coney Island memories
![Gladys and Lucille in Coney Island, June 1959. Photo courtesy of Lucille daCosta.](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/5269/images/gladys_and_lucille.jpg?itok=BUJTSxYY&c=53ab6ef4f3e16ed4bdd67fbe4f7064b5)
Gladys Sandman and Lucille daCosta
Girlhood memories of growing up on West 5th Street in Coney Island before being displaced by Warbasse
![Charles Berkman. Photo courtesy of the Berkman family](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/5585/images/charles_berkman_1.jpg?itok=No3g1eIC&c=6a0e535a079a8ec953adeca6802cbb6b)
Charles Berkman
Memories of growing up in Coney Island during the Great Depression and 55 years practicing law
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Mohammed Saad Ali
Actor and playwright whose new play A Lonely Night in Coney Island is set on the Boardwalk