Today IRM unveiled its newest attraction, this billboard advertising the long-gone Riverview amusement park at Western and Belmont. Dave Diamond sent me this picture, and mentions that the billboard was the handiwork of Dan Marquardt, who generously had the original sign converted to an electronic format which we were able to reproduce. And of course you could ride the CSL right to the front gate. What a wonderful place that was!Saturday, June 23, 2012
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Today IRM unveiled its newest attraction, this billboard advertising the long-gone Riverview amusement park at Western and Belmont. Dave Diamond sent me this picture, and mentions that the billboard was the handiwork of Dan Marquardt, who generously had the original sign converted to an electronic format which we were able to reproduce. And of course you could ride the CSL right to the front gate. What a wonderful place that was!
Neat stuff.... Can anybody confirm what I think I remember reading years ago? I believe back around 1985 Aladdins face from the facade of the funhouse was purchased at auction by Bally/Midway, owners of the Aladdins Castle chain of video arcades, never to surface again. Can anybody confirm this fuzzy memory? If so, man would that be a sweet way to dress up the side of one of the barns....
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