Back in the day, the Coney Island Pumping Station saved many lives
and properties by providing high-pressure water to firefighters.Educator Merryl Kafka wanted to drive that point home visually — so she wore a
firefighter's helmet to testify at a city Landmarks Preservation Commission
(LPC) hearing on October 8th.
“Coney has lost much of its architectural framework, but we can save this 1938
modern masterpiece preserved as public art … with a new purpose,” said Kafka,
the co-founder of the Rachel Carson High School of Coastal Studies in Coney
Island. “Let this building be the one.”
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Gail Ingis writes historical romance, loves history and romance of
course, has taught history, and her weekly blog frequently covers historical
content. A native of Brooklyn, New York, Ingis’s early days began and ended with
writing, drawing and music. Her inspiration to write came from books gifted to
her by an aunt. But life had other ideas.
After graduating from the New York School of Interior Design with a BFA
in Interior Architecture and Design and masters’ studies in Architecture and
Design Criticism at The New School (Parsons). Her career in interior design and
architecture led her to the other arts. Ingis founded the Interior Design
Institute, a school of interior design, that she eventually sold, but during her
tenure, she was twice asked by publishers to write a textbook, her efforts were
thwarted by a heavy schedule.
Ingis resides in Connecticut with her scientist-writer husband. She and
her husband travel and enjoy tennis. Currently, she sits on the Lockwood-Mathews
Mansion Museum Board of Trustees and serves as Curator of Art for exhibitions at
the museum.
She is a member of the CTRWA—Connecticut Chapter of Romance Writer’s of
America.
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Coming in paperback in July 2016
In a whirlwind romance, a lovely New York socialite marries a fêted,
debonair author. But beneath the charm is a cheating husband addicted to
hasheesh. Her dream marriage turns sour and the simplicity of her life runs amok
when a handsome stranger, her husband’s business partner, threatens her staunch
loyalty to her wayward husband.
When she faces the ugly truth about her marriage, her need to
finalize her divorce sends her on mad chase across the wilds of nineteenth
century America with a handsome stranger where she learns the hard lessons of
murder, kidnapping, and more, that almost destroy her.
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