Killing Rockaway - A Documentary

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4 жыл бұрын

Created mid-quarantine, this short doc follows a personal story about a town that has gone through several massive changes; including the destruction of an important landmark, Rockaway's Playland. We follow my father as he talks about his thoughts and experiences back when it was still standing tall.
Shot, directed, and edited by myself during lockdown 2020
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@madjoabutterfly 11 ай бұрын

Wow great memories, grew up there.. We would go to Rockaway Playland every weekend in the summers! Good old days

@JulieAnderocci Ай бұрын

My hometown😊😊😊😊

@johnpastore7685 4 ай бұрын

Great New York accents. lol I grew up in Howard Beach. Went to Playland and Beach Channel High School

@JB-0660 Ай бұрын

Great town

@marcberland7935 Жыл бұрын

Wasn’t that long ride it took about an hour to get to the city from far Rockaway my home town and I still love it

@DrKO2453 Жыл бұрын

There was a great Irish Pub, The Irish Circle. Great memories there hanging out with my sister and her future husband. I wish I could remember the name of the band playing, but we got them to play at my sister's wedding. Fun times

@StopSmokeDie Жыл бұрын

I remember the Irish circle! It’s possible that, if the band was local, they were Wine With Sue??? They’re probably the most famous local band

@DrKO2453 Жыл бұрын

@@StopSmokeDie I’m getting too old lol. Damned if I can remember lol

@RockawayBeachNY Жыл бұрын

Irish Circle is gone and now getting ready for first tenants to move in.

@BrianHassett-ih3jp 5 ай бұрын

Lindsay killed it in the 1970s. It was NYC's dumping ground. Welfare hotels and mental patient nursing homes. I'm glad tgat its coming back alive now.

@StopSmokeDie 5 ай бұрын

It’s coming back alive for certain people over others. Far Rockaway is still left in the dust, with little funding going to a community that arguably needs it more than Rockaway Beach; where rich people and high prices have taken over.

@marcberland7935 8 ай бұрын

Wavecrest was the best place to grow up in 2008 3A and 2020 DD Ricky Laplaca building my best friend

@marcberland7935 Жыл бұрын

Can’t afford to live there anymore now you got to be rich to live in the rockaways and far Rockaway but it will always be my home town thank God I grow up in the right time 60s 70s and 80s we left in the beginning of the 90s I will always love ❤️ far Rockaway because it’s my home town Hod bless her and all the great memories it brings back to me I love far Rockaway now a big chance is coming on money is here a you need to be rich to live here now

@StopSmokeDie Жыл бұрын

My parents moved here in the 80’s. We slowly got priced out and now I basically live in an attic. I love Rockaway, but gentrification is and arguably has killed it.