http://www.roadsideamerica.com/holy/images/CTWATsphinx.jpg
― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 5 May 2009 14:05 (fourteen years ago) link
i believe that a repurposed bust of washington
I wonder what Libertyland (Memphis, closed 2005) looks like now.
― resistance is feudal (WmC), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 14:13 (fourteen years ago) link
since it's relatively recent, not nearly as sad as a lot of the others on this thread:
http://pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=362&size=550x550_mb&ptp_photo_id=715859
― nashville - spiritual home of the cougar (will), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 15:19 (fourteen years ago) link
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3145/2465834428_f89dfe8999.jpg?v=0
― nashville - spiritual home of the cougar (will), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 15:20 (fourteen years ago) link
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2275/2465824284_1c6ee58227.jpg?v=0
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/140/324579518_aaebe03c23.jpg?v=0
― nashville - spiritual home of the cougar (will), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 15:21 (fourteen years ago) link
^^ Still pretty great.
i been to whalom park
― ice cr?m, Tuesday, May 5, 2009 9:56 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmar
When I saw that was in MA I got all excited until I read the part about the ruins being demolished. :-(
― ENBB, Tuesday, 5 May 2009 15:23 (fourteen years ago) link
http://i44.tinypic.com/nn9obl.jpg
Where have I seen this face before (reproduced somewhere, or in a movie or something. And why, at the same time, does Asbury park seem extremely familiar, yet I can't remember what it is? I suspect it may be skateboarding related).
― Edward Saroyan, Monday, May 4, 2009 10:32 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
"Steeplechase, like the rest of Coney, was a different world at night. Here we see the circle swings on the left, the Pavilion of Fun in the middle and the parachute drop behind it. The Pavilion of Fun was built in 1907 after the park burned to the ground. George Tilyou put many of the rides (the Human Roulette Wheel, the Hoop-La, etc.) indoors, making Steeplechase impervious to the weather. The very top of the pavilion reads, "George C. Tilyou's Steeplechase Park." The middle of the pavilion reads "Pavilion of Fun. Geo. C. Tilyou's Steeplechase Park." The large face on the building was the park's mascot and could be found all over the park."
http://www.tangento.net/images/Coney-Steeplechase.jpg
I imagine most of these parks failed because of horrible character design.
― Batsman (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 15:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Asbury Park = old boardwalk town on New Jersey shore.
Also:
http://www.springsteenlyrics.com/lyrics/f/foryou_alb-greetings.jpg
― ENBB, Tuesday, 5 May 2009 15:45 (fourteen years ago) link
Let me clarify, where have I seen that face reproduced somewhere.
In fact, after some google research: even Pro skater Brian Wenning [NJ-native] took a picture of the beach friendly face for a feature in The Skate Mag.
taken from: http://ctothejl.com/shoes/nike-sb-dunk-mid-asbury-casino-metal/
That certainly corroborates my hypothesis, but I don't remember reading that interview, though!
― Edward Saroyan, Wednesday, 6 May 2009 00:52 (fourteen years ago) link
First park I ever went to was Magic Landing in my hometown of El Paso, TX. Western-themed. They had an animatronic band just like the Chuck E Cheeze ones back in the 80s. A kid got his arm cut off by a roller coaster and it went downhill from there.
These are the very animatronic robots that used to make me cry as a toddler. You can see the oil coming out of their joints, which really doesn't comfort me at all:
http://tinypic.com/5bzbtd
― throwbookatface (skygreenleopard), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 01:43 (fourteen years ago) link
Yes animatronic robots are awesome but also v creepy.
From Splendid China Theme Park in Kissimmee, Florida which closed in 2003:
http://i42.tinypic.com/2roiykh.jpg
― i'm still sick, he's still drunk (ENBB), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 03:09 (fourteen years ago) link
awesome thread
― the hardest thugz the softest hugz (Curt1s Stephens), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 03:40 (fourteen years ago) link
some of these pictures are pulitzer-worthy,
― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 6 May 2009 03:59 (fourteen years ago) link
These pictures are very goth and I approve.
― Smart, Long, Lifephones (Bimble), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 05:38 (fourteen years ago) link
lol bimble.
x-post - I can't decide which is my favorite. I think the Gulliver one might win though because it's just so insanely bizarre and beautiful with the mountain in the back etc.
― i'm still sick, he's still drunk (ENBB), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 11:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Wow - this one is awesome. Russian themed park in Japan that was only open for 6 moths.
now, that's selective.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 6 May 2009 12:12 (fourteen years ago) link
lol yeah, no wonder it went bust
― Ant Attack.. (Ste), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 12:51 (fourteen years ago) link
;-p
― i'm still sick, he's still drunk (ENBB), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 13:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Isn't there somewhere in Japan that's setting up a Thomas Hardy village as a themepark? You want selective, you GOT selective.
― James Morrison, Wednesday, 6 May 2009 23:56 (fourteen years ago) link
lol
Fantazy Land.
http://i41.tinypic.com/a48uoh.jpg
― i'm still sick, he's still drunk (ENBB), Thursday, 7 May 2009 00:29 (fourteen years ago) link
i love that name
― erudite e-scholar (harbl), Thursday, 7 May 2009 00:43 (fourteen years ago) link
Hey E, A+++ thead. Another great, and similarly themed, thread: Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here (pic thread). Surprised this hasn't been linked to yet (if it has, I didn't see it).
― tevin "ratt" campbell (Pillbox), Thursday, 7 May 2009 01:03 (fourteen years ago) link
I hadn't seen that one actually - thanks!
― i'm still sick, he's still drunk (ENBB), Thursday, 7 May 2009 01:14 (fourteen years ago) link
this thread is so sad! esp. the sunken mushroom house and the kiddie slide in the abandoned pool
― I wish I was the royal trux (sunny successor), Thursday, 7 May 2009 03:52 (fourteen years ago) link
Ok, this may or may not be abandoned but I couldn't resist posting this slide from a children's playground in Poland
It's not abandoned:
― Fyodor Lolstoevsky (Pillbox), Thursday, 7 May 2009 04:05 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh God.
― a sweet ballet dancer (ENBB), Thursday, 7 May 2009 04:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, I almost feel bad for having posted that, but it was relevant to the discussion, so what can you do?
― Fyodor Lolstoevsky (Pillbox), Thursday, 7 May 2009 04:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Re: The Asbury Park "Tillie" Face:
Tillie is the nickname of two murals of a grinning figure that was painted on the side of the Palace Amusements building in Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States. Tillie is an amusement park "fun face," painted over the winter of 1955-1956... The mural has been featured in movies, TV shows such as The Sopranos, Weird NJ magazine, and a famous photo of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band early in their career.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23021987@N06/2258955833/
― xhuxk, Thursday, 7 May 2009 04:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Tillie is pretty creepy IMO.
I love this one:
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/expatrica/cyclone.jpg?t=1241720946
― a sweet ballet dancer (ENBB), Thursday, 7 May 2009 18:29 (fourteen years ago) link
I went to a swing dance in the bumper car pavilion of Glen Echo Park, Maryland (the second park pictured on the thread. It's a wonderful place to visit if you are ever in the D.C. area.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1127/819868625_c22e762632.jpg
― Virginia Plain, Thursday, 7 May 2009 20:06 (fourteen years ago) link
VP - I love that picture a lot. I want to go to D.C. just to go there. I really like the design of sign/train/etc. It reminds me a lot of a print I have hanging in my apt.
― a sweet ballet dancer (ENBB), Thursday, 7 May 2009 20:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Storyland - somewhere in PA
http://www.agilitynut.com/p/bedfstor1.jpg
― a sweet ballet dancer (ENBB), Thursday, 7 May 2009 20:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh man . . . .
Sex ed theme park demolished before it even opens:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8054893.stm
― Noooo! Cats are not for eating!!! (ENBB), Monday, 18 May 2009 12:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh man, skygreenleopard, I live 40 miles from El Paso. So sad I can't see Magic Landing, it looks hypnotic. If it makes you feel better, I hear 5-6 radio ads a day for Western Playland, which have great jingles. In fact, every radio ad I've heard for an amusement park has been super catchy and heartbreakingly naive.
(Just so you know, Western Playland is now in Sunland Park, NM, but El Paso still has...something you know, I'm sure.)
― cant go with u too many bees (Abbott), Monday, 18 May 2009 17:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Fantasy Gardens in Richmond, BC, Canada - themed gardens with a few of the classic "zones" - wild west, faux medieval etc. And at least 3 windmills.
http://thetyee.cachefly.net/ArtsAndCulture/2009/07/27/13-tilted-windmill.jpghttp://thetyee.cachefly.net/ArtsAndCulture/2009/07/27/7-adventure-park.jpghttp://thetyee.cachefly.net/ArtsAndCulture/2009/07/27/3-horse.jpg
― everything, Friday, 7 August 2009 17:27 (fourteen years ago) link
http://weburbanist.com/2010/03/17/uber-creepy-tour-abandoned-six-flags-new-orleans-69-pics/
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 23 March 2010 21:37 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh Jordan this is great! Looking through them now. <3 I had forgotten about this thread. Thanking you for the revive. :D
― t(o_o)t (ENBB), Tuesday, 23 March 2010 22:58 (fourteen years ago) link
http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/mardigrasHauntedhouse.jpg
The worn and weathered Mardi Gras character hanging over the roof of the haunted car ride seems menacing now
Now? Pretty sure this thing was always pretty fucking creepy.
― t(o_o)t (ENBB), Tuesday, 23 March 2010 22:59 (fourteen years ago) link
http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/fade2black.jpg
love these
― t(o_o)t (ENBB), Tuesday, 23 March 2010 23:02 (fourteen years ago) link
oops
Wish that they had kept the original name Jazzland.
― t(o_o)t (ENBB), Tuesday, 23 March 2010 23:03 (fourteen years ago) link
My all-time favorite ILX thread! One of these amazing pix is my desktop pic.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Tuesday, 23 March 2010 23:27 (fourteen years ago) link
:D
Which one?
― t(o_o)t (ENBB), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 01:02 (fourteen years ago) link
terrific thread.
Jazzland / New Orleans Six Flags pics are really interesing
― dig yrself (lukevalentine), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 02:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Jazzland >< Sexpark
― Mark G, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 11:36 (fourteen years ago) link
http://io9.com/5584389/scenes-from-an-underground-russian-dinosaur-mine/gallery/1
― latebloomer, Monday, 12 July 2010 09:51 (thirteen years ago) link
http://cache-01.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/8/2010/07/ugm0
http://cache-04.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/8/2010/07/ugm2
― latebloomer, Monday, 12 July 2010 09:52 (thirteen years ago) link