My mom (born 1935) was a real coney island girl! Raised on surf and mermaid aves... i wish i could have rode on the parachute jump ride, but alas, i was only 3 when it closed!
Charles, you are the best resource of knowledge on Coney. Your book, CI: Then and Now should be required reading for every native New Yorker. I met you through Philomena Marano recently, whose abstract piece of the parachute jump is tattoed on my arm. Thanks for all the knowledge you've shared. great video. My brother Robert Greenberg (and David Greenberg) grew up in Seagate around the same time you did. Perhaps you remember him.
I remember when I was a little boy and it was open I always wanted to go on it until I heard all the reports on deaths from the ride you bring the memories back to my old brain
Thanks for posting - The last time I saw this Landmark was in 1964 - I'm glad it is being preserved - Coney Island would not be the same without it,
My mom (born 1935) was a real coney island girl! Raised on surf and mermaid aves... i wish i could have rode on the parachute jump ride, but alas, i was only 3 when it closed!
Charles, you are the best resource of knowledge on Coney. Your book, CI: Then and Now should be required reading for every native New Yorker. I met you through Philomena Marano recently, whose abstract piece of the parachute jump is tattoed on my arm. Thanks for all the knowledge you've shared. great video. My brother Robert Greenberg (and David Greenberg) grew up in Seagate around the same time you did. Perhaps you remember him.
I remember when I was a little boy and it was open I always wanted to go on it until I heard all the reports on deaths from the ride you bring the memories back to my old brain
Great video i grew up there. Thanks
What a treat!
I went to Coney Island and there are still raccoons chilling there in the bottom