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“My grandmother was very buoyant in the water. She was a big woman, and she was a good swimmer.”
Myra Schegloff remembers going to the Coney Island schvitz baths with her grandmother.
Recorded in New York, NY.
“It was a very popular song when I was born. I really don't know how I know all the words.”
Nate Herschberg sings a Yiddish song for his nephew, Marc.
“Saturday was cleaning day. And while grandma and I did that together, we listened to 'The Make-Believe Ballroom' on the radio.”
Isabel Beaton tells her daughter, Mary, about growing up in Bronx.
“We used to go to the Savoy Ballroom every Saturday and stay there until Monday morning.”
Harold Slappy tells his friend Monica about visiting Harlem's Savoy Ballroom as a youth.
“I'm Anne Bleckman, and I'm married to this handsome man sitting across from me.”
Newlyweds Anne and George Bleckman remember how they met.
“Should we do a quick song? You want to sing one of your songs?”
Seoud Matta sings an Egyptian pop song while his son, Adam, beatboxes.
“The one that made me sick was called 'hot dog.' I couldn't believe people eat the dogs.”
Gerbail Krishnamurthy tells his daughter, Kalpana, about his first meal in America.
“If the world today would be like Coney Island was at that time, it would be no trouble.”
Ninety-year-old Albert Kahn tells his wife, Doris, about Coney Island's movie houses.
“I remember going to the movies with him, my dear, and he put his arm around me...”
Beverly Shakin tells her son, David, about her first romantic encounter.
“He looked up at me and said, 'Hamzah,' and then grabbed hold of me and gave me this tight hug and wouldn't let me go.”
Homeless New Yorker Larry Chamberlain tells his friend Tobias about his many names.
