Amusement parks: Save some of americans old Amusement parks and roadside attractions.

I be thinking about the old amusement parks and roadside attractions across america that as disappear since the 1950's can some of the park be save. Parks in my neck of woods that as closed since I was small are Catskill Farm Game(2006), Frontier town(1998), Carson City & Indian Village(1997), and Gaslight Village(1989 never went their only two when it closed).
 
A lot of the old amusement parks died with mass suburbanization, car ownership, and the television after World War II. With long trips easier and more accessible, and more entertainment available within the home, the urban amusement park and the trolley park was no longer the place to go for fun. Later on, the development of the theme park and resort and then the "Coaster wars" of the 1990s may have squeezed smaller parks out of the business.

So the first order of business is probably to stunt the American middle class, with the resulting knock-on effects on car culture and thus on suburbanization.
 

Geon

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I be thinking about the old amusement parks and roadside attractions across america that as disappear since the 1950's can some of the park be save. Parks in my neck of woods that as closed since I was small are Catskill Farm Game(2006), Frontier town(1998), Carson City & Indian Village(1997), and Gaslight Village(1989 never went their only two when it closed).

And where I used to live in Youngstown, Ohio there was Idora Park (1984--now gone because of a series of fires).

Geon
 
I be thinking about the old amusement parks and roadside attractions across america that as disappear since the 1950's can some of the park be save. Parks in my neck of woods that as closed since I was small are Catskill Farm Game(2006), Frontier town(1998), Carson City & Indian Village(1997), and Gaslight Village(1989 never went their only two when it closed).


The Catskill Farm Game was zoo it close because the owner wanted to retire. Carson City & Indian Village went into bankruptcy only a 2 miles from the game farm. Frontier town also bankruptcy. Gaslight Village dont known before my time.
 
More old time parks that gone in my backyard was Luna Park in Rexford,ny a Trolley park that open in 1901 close in 1933. The name changed over years it was also known as Rexford park, Dolle's Park, Colonnade Park, and Palisades Park. Killed by the Great Depression.

I guess the most important parks to save are coney island parks. With the rise of car killed the trolley parks they are harder to save than the theme parks rise after the second world war.
 
Near me we had Edgewater park, but the most popular was Bobilo island you had to take a paddled wheeled steamship to the island,the place was packed with rides.both are closed @ gone. Now its hour @ a half drive to ceder point .(and it takes about an hour to get on one ride .:mad:
 
I started this thread for two reasons my Nephew who at the age how he go to amusement and the passing of marshal Wild Windy Bill McKay(Daniel F. Claps) this week who worked at Storytown U.S.A how know as The Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom for 50 years(1957-2007) in the Ghosttown. The two thing get me thinking of all places we went as kids that are how lost.



 
I be thinking about the old amusement parks and roadside attractions across america that as disappear since the 1950's can some of the park be save. Parks in my neck of woods that as closed since I was small are Catskill Farm Game(2006), Frontier town(1998), Carson City & Indian Village(1997), and Gaslight Village(1989 never went their only two when it closed).

Here is some information about the place I named. Catskill Game Farm was opened in 1933 by Roland Lindemann. It had roughly 2,000 animals from over 150 species from around the world. It also had amusement area most kiddie rides.

Frontier town was a Wild West Theme Park in the Adirondack Region of upstate New York that opened in 1952.

Carson City & Indian Village was road-side Wild west amusement park in Catskill,ny. Only 2 miles north the Catskill Game farm. It opened in 1958.

Gaslight Village was a Vanudeville themed amusement park in Lake George,NY. It opened in 1959.
 
There are some parks still around.Kennywood in Pittsburgh is one as it is on Historical site list.PBS did a documentary a few years ago on the amusement parks.Yes, they are still around.I am sure the documentary is either on DVD or will be repeated again.
 
And where I used to live in Youngstown, Ohio there was Idora Park (1984--now gone because of a series of fires).

Geon


I always liked West View Park in the North Hills area of the Pittsburgh area. IT closed in 1977 and was demolished in the late 1980's so a shopping center could be built there. The Rolling Stones made one of their first U.S. appearances there at the dance hall in 1964. Th dance hall itself was very big in it's time, my mother remembers going there a lot as a teenager. When it was still there and rotting away in 1988, I remember hearing over the police scanner that they had to call out the fire department to put out a big fire there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_View_Park

I also liked White Swan Park too, west of Pittsburgh, I live(d) close by and it was an easy place for us (then) teens to go to.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Swan_Park

BTW, I remember hearing about Idora Park too.
 
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