Courtney King was born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, and has lived in Coney Island for the past seven years. An artist since childhood, he began working as a sign painter after training in commercial art and fine art. He spent 12 years working on an...
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Basil Jones is the chef at Footprints Cafe in Coney Island, which specializes in Caribbean cuisine, and is the originator of their famed Rasta Pasta. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, and raised in St. Ann's Bay, Jones first learned to cook as a boy...
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(Hector) George Wallace tells the story of his immigration from Jamaica to England to Coney Island, where he has been an itinerant sign painter for the past four decades. Wallace's painting style is ubiquitous, and can be seen on the facades of Ruby...
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