Are you kidding? I can't even spot Revere Beach in that picture.
Talk about lost epochs! I was born just in time to see the ruins of its Amusement Park, before the MDC hauled it all away. It was rapidly replaced by cheap lounges and biker bars (which were not without their charm, I should say).
Haven't been down there in years, so I've no idea what it's like now
I love pictures of these old amusement parks, full of attractions made to look exotic and about as substantial as a Hollywood back lot and rides that would never be built today because a customer might get hurt and sue. For me one of the great attraction of Harold Lloyd's Speedy is the chance to see Coney Island not at it's height but at a fairly early point in it's decline and wonder what it must have been like to be there.
I love Speedy for those scenes as well, and doesn't IT (Clara Bow, not the outer space monster) have amusement park scenes as well?
I've been listening to a disc full of mp3s of Bob and Ray in their late '40s Boston (WBCN, I think) period, and every show has a great ad for the dog track at Wonderland, Revere, which they of course make fun of. That and the Casino at Magnolia.
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This could almost qualify as a Great Moment in Moxie...can you spot the Moxie ad in this picture?
Are you kidding? I can't even spot Revere Beach in that picture.
Talk about lost epochs! I was born just in time to see the ruins of its Amusement Park, before the MDC hauled it all away. It was rapidly replaced by cheap lounges and biker bars (which were not without their charm, I should say).
Haven't been down there in years, so I've no idea what it's like now
I love pictures of these old amusement parks, full of attractions made to look exotic and about as substantial as a Hollywood back lot and rides that would never be built today because a customer might get hurt and sue. For me one of the great attraction of Harold Lloyd's Speedy is the chance to see Coney Island not at it's height but at a fairly early point in it's decline and wonder what it must have been like to be there.
I love Speedy for those scenes as well, and doesn't IT (Clara Bow, not the outer space monster) have amusement park scenes as well?
I've been listening to a disc full of mp3s of Bob and Ray in their late '40s Boston (WBCN, I think) period, and every show has a great ad for the dog track at Wonderland, Revere, which they of course make fun of. That and the Casino at Magnolia.
BTW...the Moxie bottle sign is just to the left of the big sign that says FIRE...
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