Artist and co-founder of the Coney Island Hysterical Society
Brooklyn-born Richard Eagan is an actor, artist, and writer whose boyhood visits to Steeplechase Park with his grandfather inspired a lifelong creative connection with Coney Island. In 1981, Eagan and Philomena Marano co-founded the Coney Island...
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The art of growing up Mexican American in Coney Island in the 1930s and '40s
George Ancona is a photographer, writer, art director, filmmaker, and illustrator. At Coney Island's Lincoln High School, Ancona studied with Leon Friend, who chaired the school's art department and served as a mentor to many famous graduates in the...
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Artist and co-founder of Coney Island Hysterical Society
As a tribute to Philip's Candy, Coney's oldest candy shop which was housed at the entrance of the Stillwell Avenue subway terminal since 1930 and was forced to move in 2001, Philomena installed a giant lollypop at the station and called...
Content type: Oral History Item