Through the Fire is the story of a young man and the game of basketball and how basketball will change his life, the life of his family and the young man’s Coney Island community. That young man is Sebastian Telfair and Through the Fire follows him through his senior year of high at Abraham Lincoln ...
While the phrase “urban recreation” may not be part of today’s lexicon, its outcroppings fused with culture as early as the 19th century when New York City’s Central Park and Chicago’s Columbian Expedition opened their gates to the public. And while urban recreation began “free of cost” it soon underwent a lucrative metamorphosis: people began ...
Coney Island had been a big part of the sticky dreams of children and teenagers alike before the coming of the likes of Disneyland and other technological monsters such as the Video Game. After so many years, it still has retained its charm, and no visit to New York would be complete without having set ...
Our vacation this year, 2009, had to be done on a much smaller scale than the past two years. Between the economy itself and my lack of a full time job we decided that some overnight camping and day trips would be the solution. The one most asked for destination was Coney Island Park in ...
Coney Island has always been a place for family fun and good summer times. A place devoted to release and memories. And there is still no place more synonymous with noises of summer and joyful chaos. The charming name comes from konijn, Dutch for “wild rabbit”, which was about all the first European settlers found ...