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Fun Pier

Author : Scott Hand
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 073857693X
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (385 download)

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Download or read book Fun Pier written by Scott Hand and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a rich history of great beaches, a two-mile-long boardwalk, and thrilling amusement piers, Wildwood, New Jersey, has been a popular summer seashore resort for vacationers for nearly a century. Fun Pier was created in 1957 by Joe Barnes on the former site of Wildwood's original Convention Hall. Barnes transformed the pier, once dominated by kiddie rides, by building custom rides that were unique to the Wildwood boardwalk, such as the Sky Tower, the Monorail, and the Ski Ride. Fun Pier became famous for its unconventional, carnival-like atmosphere. After two fires sealed the pier's fate, it was acquired by the Morey organization, which transformed it into Wild Wheels and ultimately Adventure Pier.

Santa Monica Pier

Author : James Harris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781883318826
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (188 download)

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Download or read book Santa Monica Pier written by James Harris and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Santa Monica Pier now stands as the last remnant of the bay's once many pleasure piers. For over 100 years it has captured the imagination of its many visitors. This collection of vintage images, artwork, history and treasured lore offers readers the opportunity to travel through time.

Hunt's Pier

Author : Rob Ascough
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738573090
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Hunt's Pier written by Rob Ascough and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the completion of the Garden State Parkway and a prospering society's increased mobility in the years following World War II, the Wildwoods transitioned from a remote barrier island along the southern New Jersey coast to a vacation mecca. Featuring free bathing beaches, state-of-the-art motels, endless nightlife, and a honky-tonk boardwalk lined with entertainment options of all kinds, the resort would thrive for the better part of the next half-century. During that golden era, Hunt's Pier became the "talk of the walk": a fun-lover's paradise of themed custom attractions that evoked the adventurous thrills of Disneyland. The "Oceanic Wonderland" helped millions of vacationers create countless memories, whether it was a child challenging the Flyer roller coaster's intimidating plunge or a child-at-heart exploring the dark caverns of the Golden Nugget and the haunted decks of the pirate ship Skua. Hunt's Pier captures the magic of the famed seaside amusement park through historical photographs, many published here for the first time.

Pacific Ocean Park

Author : Christopher Merritt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781934170526
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Pacific Ocean Park written by Christopher Merritt and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pacific Ocean Park - or P.O.P. - was extraordinary in both its glamorous rise and spectacular fall. Located between Santa Monica and Venice, it was a family-oriented attraction in the '50s with modernist-style rides. P.O.P.'s attendance surpassed that of Disneyland and was often widely seen in movies and television shows throughout the '60s. Its Cheetah auditorium hosted important early rock shows, including those by The Doors and Pink Floyd. Merritt and Priore's spectacular history features hundreds of images, most of them unseen, including original ride designs.

Down Under the Pier

Author : Nell Cross Beckerman
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1647002206
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Down Under the Pier written by Nell Cross Beckerman and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There’s lots of fun to be had up on the beach pier, but it’s down underneath where the true—and totally free—magic happens There’s lots of fun to be had up on the pier—the Ferris wheel, the rollercoaster, Skee-Ball and Whac-A-Mole, cotton candy, copper coins, the carousel. But it’s down under the pier, at low tide, where the real magic can be found. The best part? It’s free. Nell Beckerman’s poetic text and deep love of the intertidal zone, and Rachell Sumpter’s dreamy, “endless summer” art make this the perfect beach book.

The Seashell Safe Harbor

Author : Sherrie Schmidt
Publisher : Archway Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1665756497
Total Pages : 29 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (657 download)

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Download or read book The Seashell Safe Harbor written by Sherrie Schmidt and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2024-05-06 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Happy the sailboat sings happily about the upcoming boat parade at the Seashell Safe Harbor. Starfish Sue shares the good news with Pelican Hugh, Joy the catamaran, Mighty the shrimp boat, Sassy the speedboat, and the rest of the harbor boats. Not all the boats are excited about the parade, though, because they are not feeling their finest. “Who wants to see my tattered sail?” says Joy. “Who wants to see a dirty and smelly boat?” asks Mighty. Sassy feels she had a great chance of winning and tries to convince Joy and Mighty to participate, knowing the boats are not in their best shape. With concern for their boat friends feeling pressured to join in the parade, Starfish Sue, Pelican Hugh, and Dolphin Rue find Happy—and before you know it, Happy’s Captain Drew and the sailors had a plan. Boats, boats, do not fear. Your Seashell Safe Harbor friends are here! Grab your spot on the pier for the boat parade and get ready to see how the Seashell Safe Harbor friends embrace the boat parade motto, “Be Yourself.”

Amusement Parks of New Jersey

Author : Jim Futrell
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811729734
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book Amusement Parks of New Jersey written by Jim Futrell and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive guide profiles 17 major amusement parks in the Garden State. Complete information on rides and attractions is accompanied by dozens of vintage photographs and postcard scenes. Featured parks: Steel Pier, Atlantic City; Keansburg Amusement Park, Keansburg; Clementon Amusement Park, Clementon; Jenkinson's Boardwalk, Point Pleasant Beach; Casino Pier, Seaside Heights; Playland, Ocean City; Bowcraft Amusement Park, Scotch Plains; Land of Make Believe, Hope; Storybookland, Cardiff; Funtown Pier, Seaside Park; Wild West City, Netcong; Gillian's Wonderland Pier, Ocean City; Morey's Piers, Wildwood; Six Flags Great Adventure, Jackson; Fantasy Island, Beach Haven; Blackbeards Cave, Bayville.

A Wild Ride

Author : Jack Wright
Publisher : Exit Zero Publishing Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780979905155
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book A Wild Ride written by Jack Wright and published by Exit Zero Publishing Incorporated. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The story begins in the summer of 1969, with the erection of a giant slide on the boardwalk of Wildwood, NJ by two brothers, both carpenters, who knew little about the amusement business. Their competitors, seasoned boardwalk operators, poured scorn on the newcomers, who, undeterred, began developing an amusement pier around the ride, the Wipe Out. Driven by the work ethic, imagination and "yes-we-can" creed of its founder, Will Morey, this family company, which now runs three piers packed with more than 100 rides and attractions and two world-class waterparks, has become a benchmark for the industry. These days, the Morey organization operates the largest seaside amusement park in the world. From the monster attractions of the seventies to the Euro invasion of the eighties and the roller coaster race of the nineties, this is the remarkable story of a small family company that dared to dream big in one of the most competitive, unpredictable industries of all. Fasten your harnesses and prepare to take a ride ..."--Page 4 of cover.

Steel Pier

Author : Steve Liebowitz
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439656150
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book Steel Pier written by Steve Liebowitz and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016-05-02 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steel Pier details the history of this historic "Showplace of the Nation" in "America's Playground"--Atlantic City. Atlantic City has worn the tag of "America's Playground" since its earliest days, so it is only natural that its biggest and most well-known icon, the Steel Pier, would be known as the "Showplace of the Nation." Over the course of 80 years, from 1898 to 1978, Steel Pier developed from a quiet, genteel amusement that featured light classical music and cakewalks to a vast entertainment complex that offered movies, big-name vaudeville acts, exhibits, big bands, rock bands, and the Water Circus with its famed diving horse. What makes this even more compelling is that one could spend the entire day on the pier and take all of this in for one small admission fee.

Pop’s Pier

Author : Donna Calhoun
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1532075197
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Pop’s Pier written by Donna Calhoun and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2019-06-17 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For seven decades, Byron Calhoun overlooked the muddy brown water of Mobile Bay in Alabama. He’d seen it all throughout the years from the end of the pier—sailboats, tugboats, Jet Skis, and yachts. Byron and his wife spent hours on that pier trying to figure out the stories of the people and the events they watched year after year. In Pop’s Pier, author Donna Calhoun, Byron’s daughter, shares a collection of stories reflecting more than fifty years of life on the pier and her father’s unending love of his family, his friends, and the water. From Byron’s arrival on the island in the early 1960s, this memoir takes a walk down memory lane. It shares recollections of the experiences, both the good times and the sad, that shaped life on the bay—from fishing to weather patterns and the art of mixing a good drink. Pop’s Pier offers a loving celebration of Donna’s father and the legacy he left behind.

Steel Pier, Atlantic City

Author : Steve Leibowitz
Publisher : Cormorant Books
ISBN 13 : 9781593220365
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Steel Pier, Atlantic City written by Steve Leibowitz and published by Cormorant Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For much of the 20th century the Steel Pier in Atlantic City, NJ, was the center of American entertainment on the East Coast. There were big bands, movies, sideshows, acrobats, flag-pole sitters, Frank Sinatra, Miss America ¿ and throngs of people lining up to get a seat so they could watch brave horses and riders dive into a pool of water. It was aptly called the ¿Showplace of the Nation¿ and it was all that and more. This all-in-one entertainment mecca has never been matched. Where else could you take the entire family for a day and see fortune-telling parakeets, the World of Tomorrow, John Philip Sousa and his band, a bear on a bicycle, World Famous Diving Horses, take a ride below the sea in the Diving Bell, spend the evening in the marine ballroom, and take in a movie ¿ all for one ticket? It was a colossal offering of escape, popular culture, fun and fantasy. Today the golden age of the Pier seems a world apart. Yet it was an institution ¿ a destination not to be missed ¿ an empire of grand-thinking impresarios, oddities and glamour that meshed into one attainable summer destination. Steel Pier evokes a time when more really was more, a time when there was so much invention, talent and industry that it could only be experienced in one place ¿at the edge of the continent, in a city that took its name from a vast ocean, on a great pier reaching out into the sea.

Fun with the Family New Jersey

Author : Francesca Di Meglio
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0762789069
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (627 download)

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Download or read book Fun with the Family New Jersey written by Francesca Di Meglio and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A first edition! This opinionated, personal, and easy-to-use guide has hundreds of ideas to keep the kids entertained for an hour, a day, or a weekend! Fun with the Family New Jersey leads the way to historical attractions, children's museums, wildlife habitats, festivals, parks, and much more. Geared towards parents with children between the ages of two and twelve, the guide features interesting facts and sidebars as well as practical tips about traveling with your little ones.

Lost Amusement Parks of New York City

Author : Barbara Gottlock
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625845561
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)

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Download or read book Lost Amusement Parks of New York City written by Barbara Gottlock and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-08-20 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historical tour of fun and frolic in the five boroughs—including photos from the good old days. Coney Island is an iconic symbol of turn-of-the-century New York—but many other amusement parks have thrilled the residents of the five boroughs. Strategically placed at the end of trolley lines, railways, public beaches, and waterways, these playgrounds for the rich and poor alike first appeared in 1767. From humble beginnings, they developed into huge sites like Fort George, Manhattan’s massive amusement complex. Each park was influenced by the culture and eclectic tastes of its owners and patrons—from the wooden coasters at Staten Island’s Midland Beach to beer gardens on Queens’ North Beach and fireworks blasting from the Bronx’s Starlight Park. As real estate became more valuable, these parks disappeared. With this historical tour, you can rediscover the thrills of the past from the lost amusement parks of New York City.

Palaces of Pleasure

Author : Lee Jackson
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300245092
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Palaces of Pleasure written by Lee Jackson and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-25 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An energetic and exhilarating account of the Victorian entertainment industry, its extraordinary success and enduring impact The Victorians invented mass entertainment. As the nineteenth century’s growing industrialized class acquired the funds and the free time to pursue leisure activities, their every whim was satisfied by entrepreneurs building new venues for popular amusement. Contrary to their reputation as dour, buttoned-up prudes, the Victorians reveled in these newly created ‘palaces of pleasure’. In this vivid, captivating book, Lee Jackson charts the rise of well-known institutions such as gin palaces, music halls, seaside resorts and football clubs, as well as the more peculiar attractions of the pleasure garden and international exposition, ranging from parachuting monkeys and human zoos to theme park thrill rides. He explores how vibrant mass entertainment came to dominate leisure time and how the attempts of religious groups and secular improvers to curb ‘immorality’ in the pub, variety theater and dance hall faltered in the face of commercial success. The Victorians’ unbounded love of leisure created a nationally significant and influential economic force: the modern entertainment industry.

Charmed Vengeance

Author : Suzanne Lazear
Publisher : North Star Editions, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0738733253
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (387 download)

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Download or read book Charmed Vengeance written by Suzanne Lazear and published by North Star Editions, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-08-08 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Returning to the mortal realm after being forbidden from seeing her Faerie Prince boyfriend V, Noli joins the crew of her brother’s airpirate ship. There she discovers that her brother has hired the scallywag Faerie, Kevighn Silver. Meanwhile, the Earth Court King plans to find a secret artifact that will bring destruction to everyone Noli loves.

Oddball Illinois

Author : Jerome Pohlen
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1613740352
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book Oddball Illinois written by Jerome Pohlen and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this updated edition, it's plain to see that the state of Illinois has only gotten weirder. Where there was once just a single Popeye statue in downstate Chester, today the town has monuments to Olive Oyl, Swee' Pea, Bluto, the Sea Hag, and more. The creepy Piasa Bird petroglyph on the bluff in Alton now has a roadside pullout with picnic tables, and the two-story outhouse in Gays has a new contemplative garden. With almost twice as many destinations as its predecessor, this edition boasts detailed information on each site—address, phone number, website, hours, entry fees, and driving directions—as well as maps, photos, and a wealth of regional history in the descriptions. Some new sites include Henry's Rabbit Ranch, the World's First Jungle Gym, Ahlgrim Acres (a miniature golf course at a funeral home), the Leather Archives and Museum, General Santa Ana's two wooden legs, the World's Largest Sock Monkey, the Friendship Shoe Fence, a truck stop with a marionette show, and a coin-operated fire-breathing dragon. There is more between Chicago and St. Louis than cornfields and plenty of fascinating places in the Windy City that aren't on Michigan Avenue, and here is a chance to see these underappreciated sites throughout the state.

Redondo Beach Pier

Author : Jennifer Krintz
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738575025
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Redondo Beach Pier written by Jennifer Krintz and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Piers have always drawn people to the mysterious wonder of the ocean. The ability to seemingly walk on water with the construction of a pier has created for humans a sense of temporary mastery of the majestic and merciless sea. The Southern California shoreline has always attracted tourists from near and far to experience the natural beauty of the coastline. Capitalizing on the natural and man-made appeal of the ocean and the pleasure pier, Henry Huntington created in Redondo Beach a fantasyland of wonder and excitement for beachgoers in the early 20th century. As one of the major rivals to the pleasure piers of Santa Monica, Ocean Park, and Venice to the north, the Endless Pier and later the adjacent Monstad Pier in Redondo Beach drew in thousands of tourists a day. Pleasure-seekers can still fish, enjoy dinner and music, shop, or simply take a nighttime stroll over the water on today's Municipal Pier--remnants from the heyday of Redondo Beach's pleasure pier of the early 20th century.