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Car Forum / Antique and Collectibles / Studebaker / September 2006Closed Amusment Parks<OT>
It was with some sadness that I heard The Pavilion at Myrtle Beach is closing, and that got me to thinking about another great amusement park that is no longer with us, Palisades Amusement Park in New Jersey. This was one of those great old amusement parks that started as a trolley park around the turn of the last century, and was located on the Jersey Palisades overlooking the Hudson River, New York City, and the George (and Martha) Washington Bridge. My Mom's parents lived in Tenafly, New Jersey and one of the things we always saw and heard when we visited them were the radio and TV ads for Palisades Amusement Park, and they had a jingle that was so memorable I still remembered it. So I did some googling and found a wonderful website belonging to the "Palisades Amusement Park Historical Association". We went to the park the last summer it was open, I had no idea it was so long ago, 1971. Any of you guys (or gals) ever go to Palisades? Any cool old now closed amusement parks you remember? http://www.palisadespark.com/index.htm http://www.mbpavilion.com/ It was a strange feeling here that old "Come on Over" jingle coming out of my computers speakers after all those years, I'm sure the last time I heard it was in 1971 at my grandparents house. Jeff DeWitt Was it Freddy Cannon who was "Down at Palisades Park?" Going "down" to the cliff tops seemed funny to me. Karl > It was with some sadness that I heard The Pavilion at Myrtle Beach is > closing, and that got me to thinking about another great amusement park [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > Jeff DeWitt What about Frontier Land in Cherokee, NC and Ghost Town in Maggie Valley, NC. My wife and I went to Frontier Land on our honeymoon in 1970. The park closed 3 or 4 years later. Roomer is Ghost Town will be reopening. Henry > Was it Freddy Cannon who was "Down at Palisades Park?" > Going "down" to the cliff tops seemed funny to me. [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] >> >> Jeff DeWitt -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 382 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try SPAMfighter for free now! Jeff, This brought back many memories for me, not of Palisades, but of Fontaine Ferry Park in Louisville, Kentucky. I spent many a summer afternoon there as a kid on nickle day. It's been gone since 1969. I've been to the site a few times, and there's nothing left but a parking lot. Strangely, I did a search on the internet and came up with this: http://www.fontaineferrypark.com/ What's strange, is that John Willard, the designer for Palisades Park conceived Fontaine Ferry Park. No wonder it brought back memories<g>! Mark 65 Cruiser http://home.alltel.net/anderm > It was with some sadness that I heard The Pavilion at Myrtle Beach is > closing, and that got me to thinking about another great amusement park [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > Jeff DeWitt Rock Springs Park, Chester West Virginia. West View Park , Pittsburgh Pa. There was an amusement park in Gettysburg Pa. that was called Fantasy Land. I do not believe it is there any longer. This was during the the 1980 international meet. It was supposed to be disassembled and reassembled in Ohio near St Clairsville but never materialized. Any body know anything of this. jimmijim > Jeff, > [quoted text clipped - 45 lines] > > > > Jeff DeWitt Any cool old now closed > amusement parks you remember? For some trivial information, where the 1993 International Meet was held at Janzen Beach in Portland, Oregon; the Red Lion Inn was built on the site of the old Janzen Beach Amusment Park that was closed in 1970. Some of the old cars from the roller coaster set up on the lawn of the hotel with some historical information about the park. Craig. I thought there was a movement to save The Pavillion, maybe it could not stop "progress" from doing away with all the cool old stuff I remember. I remember as a little kid going to the amusement park in Council Bluffs, Iowa. That would be a big adventure for a little guy. We loaded up my grandpa's '52 Studebaker and crossed the Missouri River from Omaha and had an evening of fun. I remember the old wooden roller coaster. I can't remember the park's name. How about it Rick C.? Joe (yeh, I know I am getting old) Roberts. Whaa yoo nutz ore sumptin? ufcosre i been dere........ remember the restaurant on the other side of the GW that was a famouse steak house? I few years ago I printed up a bunch of chrome yellow sweatshirts........ WMCA Good Guys Bill > It was with some sadness that I heard The Pavilion at Myrtle Beach is > closing, and that got me to thinking about another great amusement park > that is no longer with us, Palisades Amusement Park in New Jersey. > Whaa yoo nutz ore sumptin? ufcosre i been dere........ remember the > restaurant on the other side of the GW that was [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > closing, and that got me to thinking about another great amusement park > > that is no longer with us, Palisades Amusement Park in New Jersey. It's funny Palisades Amusement Park came up in the NG. I just went to a car show this weekend & took this picture of a poster I saw for sale: http://jpascale.photosite.com/LeadEast2006/DSCF1897.html I lived nearby and clearly remember going. They had the world's largest salt water wave pool. Jim Pascale > It's funny Palisades Amusement Park came up in the NG. I just went to a > car show this weekend & took this picture of a poster I saw for sale: > http://jpascale.photosite.com/LeadEast2006/DSCF1897.html > I lived nearby and clearly remember going. They had the world's > largest salt water wave pool. > Jim Pascale Probably no one has mentioned the old Rocky Point in Rhode Island which claimed the world's largest shore dinner hall. It had seating for 5,000. JT Any young sailor boys on the west coast should remember the Pike in Long Beach....a real dump! How about Fairyland Park in KC? Or Riverview in Chicago. > Any young sailor boys on the west coast should remember the Pike in Long > Beach....a real dump! > > How about Fairyland Park in KC? > Any young sailor boys on the west coast should remember the Pike in Long > Beach....a real dump! > > How about Fairyland Park in KC? Oh Gosh, I'll NEVER forget the time I came home from a Outing and telling my Mom & Dad what a Great time I had tonite at the Pike. They were so Mad at me, Their Teenage Daughter at the Pike. Now As a Child my Grandfather lived in Hollywood, right behind Fairfax & Sunset. We'd walk to Thrifty's for a rootbeer float(yes same Thriftys) Go across the street to the built-in carnavail & Next door to that was a horsey place where we could ride ponys around the track. Most of this stuff was mainly there for movies but was open to the public...I loved going to Grandpa's house. Oh yea, on the other corner was the "Tail-o-pup" hot dog stand. Its a shame that stuff left us. Kids are getting fatter and fatter, they never go outside anymore. Cant let them walk anywhere in fear of someone hurting them...its gotten pretty crazy ;( Rhonda aka Red2ubabe "Red2ubabe" <red2ubabe@verizon.net> wrote in news:1157773018.270416.211690 @m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com: > Oh Gosh, I'll NEVER forget the time I came home from a Outing and > telling my Mom & Dad what a Great time I had tonite at the Pike. They > were so Mad at me, Their Teenage Daughter at the Pike. ______________________________________ Did you ride the 'Red Car' to get there? |
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