I remember going to concerts here in High School, I remember seeing Mahogany Rush there. My dad use to take us there. Could not compete with Cedar Point or King's Island I guess?
It's really creepy now all over grown. It reminds me of one of those "Life After Man" shows.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyDeLlyiwGM
Fascinating! Thanks for posting that.
Cool erie ! We have a similar park here that has been operating I think since the late 1800's Dream Land now Seabreeze Park. Seabreeze has a operating wooden coaster The Jack Rabbit that dates back to around 1924 also !
Really an interesting visual piece! Thanks for posting!
Quote from: godofthunder on January 11, 2011, 09:49:44 AM
Cool erie ! We have a similar park here that has been operating I think since the late 1800's Dream Land now Seabreeze Park. Seabreeze has a operating wooden coaster The Jack Rabbit that dates back to around 1924 also !
We have a Merry-Go-Round in a city park here which was removed from an amusement park which closed in 1910 or so. One of the horses was featured on a USPS stamp a few years ago.
Sea breeze had a beautiful Philidelphia Tobogan Co. 1910 carrosel that burned about 10 years ago, some idiots working on the roof set it ablaze, my Dad used to run it as a teenager.
Quote from: godofthunder on January 11, 2011, 12:26:07 PM
Sea breeze had a beautiful Philidelphia Tobogan Co. 1910 carrosel that burned about 10 years ago, some idiots working on the roof set it ablaze, my Dad used to run it as a teenager.
Hey, GoT, thinking about defunct establishments, is the old Cadillac/LaSalle dealership still standing on Rochester? I saw it in '86 when I drove up there with my dad. Seems like it wasn't too far from the Eastman Museum.
To the best of my knowledge yes let me check around.
Quote from: godofthunder on January 11, 2011, 04:35:51 PM
To the best of my knowledge yes let me check around.
Cool, thanks. I seem to remember that it was near a bridge underwhich a major road crossed through the city. The building had mostly glass front with "Cadillac" and "LaSalle" in gold lettering above them. Neat place!
That outfit makes her butt look big................
Just sayin' ;)
Quote from: TBird1958 on January 11, 2011, 05:34:57 PM
That outfit makes her butt look big................
Just sayin' ;)
Heh, say what you want but I thought she was cute!
Yeah, but a look in the mirror before you go out the door is always a good idea.
Don't get me wrong here either, my GF has a kinda big butt ;D
Quote from: TBird1958 on January 11, 2011, 05:38:45 PM
Yeah, but a look in the mirror before you go out the door is always a good idea.
Don't get me wrong here either, my GF has a kinda big butt ;D
Fat bottomed girls make the world go 'round!
Quote from: Denis on January 11, 2011, 05:45:49 PM
Fat bottomed girls make the world go 'round!
One man disagrees (http://jebruner.com/2004/06/testing-queens-assertion-an-abstract/).
The rebuttal (http://jebruner.com/2004/10/testing-queens-assertion-rebuttal/)
He probably likes those sticks which walk the designer runways. :P
Quote from: Denis on January 11, 2011, 05:45:49 PM
Fat bottomed girls make the world go 'round!
Chubby Chaser? ;D
The bigger the cushion
The better the pushin'
Gene Simmons, American Poet
Quote from: Dave W on January 11, 2011, 07:34:25 PM
The rebuttal
The Butt stops here... ;D
I have a photo of the Butt lighthouse up on the home Island on my wall..
a pic on the BBC site of a small wave hitting the Butt during some inclement weather... highest recorded wind speed for the station was 173mph... there used to be a foghorn too but that blew away...
(http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42352000/jpg/_42352558_wave416.jpg)
Quote from: Dave W on January 11, 2011, 07:34:25 PM
One man disagrees (http://jebruner.com/2004/06/testing-queens-assertion-an-abstract/).
The rebuttal (http://jebruner.com/2004/10/testing-queens-assertion-rebuttal/)
+1
only get fatter and sloppier over time
Crystal Beach across Lake Erie in Canada was a fun place to take our kids. It's a gonner now. Lots of cool history there documented online.
I think the Cadillac dealer building was converted to something else, but I can't recall what!
Buckeye Lake - this place gave me the creeps when it was still open in the early 70s - http://gmcnow.www5.50megs.com/buckeyelake/
Out here in Cali - The Pike in Long Beach - same creepiness West Coast style - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pike
http://www.disappearingplaces.net/palisades-amusement-park
if you were a kid in this part of ny/nj you went here. it was a rule i think. went a few times in grammar school.
Where's the Chicago contingent? We had Riverview in Chicago, and there was Kiddieland out in Addison. That property stood abandoned for over 20 years. I always wanted to do a band promo shot there. Fairyland buildings overrun with plant growth. Very cool for a backdrop. Then, there was the short-lived Old Chicago mall in Bolingbrook. Stores around the outside, and the amusement park in the center. I took a date there once.
Quote from: drbassman on January 12, 2011, 12:50:08 PM
Crystal Beach across Lake Erie in Canada was a fun place to take our kids. It's a gonner now. Lots of cool history there documented online.
I think the Cadillac dealer building was converted to something else, but I can't recall what!
Wow Crystal Beach is gone ? I went there a few times.
Quote from: Denis on January 11, 2011, 05:45:49 PM
Fat bottomed girls make the world go 'round!
+1 :thumbsup:
Quote from: gweimer on January 12, 2011, 03:44:21 PM
.... Then, there was the short-lived Old Chicago mall in Bolingbrook. Stores around the outside, and the amusement park in the center. I took a date there once.
We went there once during a visit when my older son was about 5. The mall looked newer but it was already dead. While we were walking around, the roller coaster got stuck. People were hanging upside down for several minutes and quite unhappy about it!