Coney Island
For years, Brooklyn-born photographer Bruce Gilden photographed along the beaches and boardwalks of the borough’s favorite summer retreat, compiling a collection of its oddball characters. NEW YORK CITY—Coney Island. Crowds of people clustered together on the beach, 1977.
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Book of the Week  RFK Funeral Train by Paul Fusco Thirty-nine years ago this week in Los Angeles, Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated. A funeral train carried his body from New York City to Washington, D.C. In RFK Funeral Train, Paul Fusco documents the funeral train procession. Despite the hot weather, hundreds of thousands of people stood along the train tracks waiting to pay their respects. | Join the Fray  © Marilyn Silverstone / Magnum Photos What do you think of these photos? Join the Fray, our reader discussion forum. Everything isn't black and white, but for me, it might as well be. Bruce Gilden |
