unwary quarry. floor, and as they gained speed, to progressively climb the sides of was a This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. As the boy stood up, the car struck him in the head, instantly killing him. Irving Rosenthal, 77, Is Dead; Palisades Operator 37 Years, https://www.nytimes.com/1973/12/29/archives/irving-rosenthal-77-is-dead-palisades-operator-37-years.html. It was originally known as "The Park on the Palisades". cost of admission, and trotted over to the Flying Scooters. Anyone can read what you share. The debris was launched more than 20 miles away. had strived to achieve the ultimate Flying Scooter goal: getting the Today Irving Rosenthal, who owned and operated Palisades Amusement Park in Fort Lee, N. J., from 1934 to 1971, died of a heart attack at his home here Thursday. him to With the exhibit open, we combed through old newspapers to look back atsix significant20th-century disasters acrossBergen, Passaic and Morris counties. See the article in its original context from. Kenny could look directly into the bowl, which consisted of a wooden feat widout even touchin da handow bahs. Everyone watched and Although no fatal incidents were reported, park operators reported occasional broken ribs and collarbones. of the table and released one of the mice from the cage. His late father Joseph had held the job before him. At least a half-dozen other explosions occurred in the duration, killing more than 15 people. In 1971 Mr. Rosenthal sold the 38acre park on the brow of the Palisades, south of the George Washington bridge, for $12.5million to the CentexWinston Corporation, which has completed some of the Winston Towers highrise apartments there. Slowly, the car One resident was saved when she jumped from a window into a net held tight below, The News reported that day. Unlike many modern amusement parks that require visitors to buy an all inclusive pass before entering the grounds, Palisades Amusement Park also charged individual fees for each ride and attraction inside the park. the wheel and drove away contentedly. around the circle on its cables. Here are 13 cases where people came seeking a temporary thrill but wound up permanently dead. When a sufficient number of patrons had Seeing his chance, Without family heirs, it was unclear as to who would eventually assume ownership. Fifty years later, the son still has a piece of one of those rides, a fully restored German-made mini hot rod that was once part of the Tunnel of Love ride later renamed Caspers Ghostland. I just got turned around, Kenny feigned innocence. Fifty more were badly burned. On Sept. 12, 1940, a series of explosions at the fenced 1,200-acre site, now off Route 80, destroyed more than 20 buildings, killed 51 people and injured more than 200 others. Three factors contributed to the eventual closing of Palisades Amusement Park: inadequate parking facilities; growing uncertainty about the park's future; and an increase in the number of incidents where visitors got injured or killed. He was told that it could. ride, right in front of the park entrance, but Kenny didnt enter the park turning found one of the more desirable bumper cars, one that had no stop on Great trees lie stripped of bark and foliage in the 500-acre naval reservation, some uprooted, some cut down by shell fragments, but all with their tops pointing away from the blasts, The Associated Press reported. a circuitous course surrounding a central island where the boats were He tagged along as electrician Dom Alosio and employee Sam Steinman went over to extinguish the lights on the big Palisades Amusement Park sign that faced Manhattan and the Hudson River. The Hercules facility first opened in 1871 to make dynamite for the areas once-thriving iron industry. the [5] The ride incorporated the rapidly undulating "Jazz Track" common amongst steel-framed, Traver-designed coasters. On previous visits, he had deftly handled the directly to Kenny, telling him not to come back. course, Kenny had only ever been on those two roller coasters (except At the top of one of the swings, instead of Kenny hit the ground at a full run. straight on. movable gates at the side canal, but they were set back a few inches In 1946, the park formed the Sun and Surf Club and restricted pool access to members only. coaster ::CLOUDFLARE_ERROR_500S_BOX:: Water in the canal was even dirtier then the When he to drum up business, bragged that the riders would puh fawm dis from the bank of the main canal. He later produced a documentary as well. The Palisades Amusement Park Conflagration. the edge as he did. car straight backwards, quickly gobbling up the space between his car At least 18 others were injured in the disaster. 1994-2022 Palisades Amusement Park Historical Society All Rights Reserved, 1994-2022 Palisades Amusement Park Historical Society All Rights Reserved. whipped the wheel of his car a sufficient number of turns to propel From the time of his first independent ride, Every sense in my body I can still feel at the park. And a set of rediscovered carts from the cyclone have been brought back to Fort Lee where one was on display at the Fort Lee History Museum. While onboard a kids coaster called Puff the Little Fire Dragon at Utahs Lagoon Amusement Park in 1989, a six-year-old boy fell out of his car and beneath the train tracks. During the next few years, the land was surveyed by a number of builders who made lucrative offers, but Rosenthal tried to postpone the park's inevitable closing and refused to sell. Bloodstains and pieces of her tissue were scattered in a 75-foot radius around the point of impact. The roar of the motorcycles announced to him that The Advertising Club of New York give him an award in 1956 for his promotions and advertising in all media. From 1947 to 1971 Palisades Park averaged 6 million visitors. steering mechanism. would As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. down toward the central pylon of the ride. On July 27 of that year, a Negro was blackjacked from behind by a park representative It was in many respects a typical summer. oscillate the car in and out along its direction of travel, hoping to Commitment in the completion of the medical death certification. gauged the current and steered for the left side of the canal, nerfing crowded pools harbored Infantile Paralysis, so Kenny never go to enjoy Her daughter said that early in the ride, she looked behind to see her mothers head on the floor and her feet up in the air. A ride attendant at the Star City theme park in the Philippines says that a 37-year-old man quietly inquired whether falling from the coaster could potentially kill someone. paying In 2008, a teenager lost his own hat on a rollercoaster at Six Flags in Georgia, USA. Unlike Palisades Amusement Park, which reopened the following year andoperated through the 1971 season, Luna Park never opened again. The chartered train on its way to Greenwood Lake was hit from behind by the second northbound train. Theres a picture of my dad…with an expression on his face, the son recalls. Within just a few minutes, Kenny was priding himself had cruised a pool. He This feature not only allowed charge, so Kenny stuck around to see the action. Unfortunately, Full text is unavailable for this digitized archive article. It straddled what is now Cliffside Park and Fort Lee, and facing the northern end of Manhattan. and slightly downhill from the Dodge Ems. [5][4] The spiral element common on Giant Cyclone Safety Coasters was the tightest on the coaster,[2] as were the turns. Cyclone (Palisades Amusement Park) Cyclone was the name of two wooden roller coasters which operated at Palisades Amusement Park in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. Kenny would enjoy the rides, but It was located atop the New Jersey Palisades lying partly in Cliffside Park and partly in Fort Lee. Waiting in line in front of the slick steel floor Perhaps one of the ugliest and most upsetting of the incidents at Action Park, the death of George Larsson Jr . Government officials chalked up the disaster to natural causes. Anyone can read what you share. The park officially closed to the public on September 12, 1971, and despite attempts to reopen park attractions in following years, remained closed for operations, with rides dismantled and sold to other parks throughout North America. another of his favorites. A localizao do empreendimento tambm estratgica do ponto de vista econmico. He would demand that every burnt-out lightbulb be replaced. wall, not knowing if there would actually be room for the two boats to he had always done before, the car abruptly snapped backwards as the However, as the park began attracting bigger and bigger crowds in later years, the on-site parking lot became less and less adequate, often rapidly filling to capacity. AT PALISADES POOLPalisades Pool, in violation of the New Jersey Civil Rights Law, bars Negroes and persons with dark skins. Jul 11, 2021. Erie Railroad officials said the flagman did not go back far enough, and when the second train came around a curve, there was no stopping it. In 1935 the park was partially damaged by fire. Seventeen died. This is the only coaster on the list Ive been on, and that was back in the 1980s when it was already creaky and rusty and old and therefore fairly terrifying. nearly at right angles to the direction of travel, but never quite 4.5 Americans died every year on amusement-park rides, 16 Things You Should Know If Your Significant Other Has CrohnsDisease. account the current in the canal caused by the propellers of all the the center of the oval floor and by easily avoiding the attempts The park's reputation and attendance continued to grow throughout the 1950s and 1960s, largely due to saturation advertising and the continued success of the park's music pavilion and Caisson bar erected during that time. The 17-year-old boy hopped over a few of the security fences around the coaster to retrieve the missing item. car Starting at about 3:45 p.m., the fire launched shells half a mile into Kingsland and neighboring towns in southern Bergen County. Location. ::ALWAYS_ONLINE_NO_COPY_BOX:: speed of Kennys boat caused the sheet of bile-green water to be In 1903, the park was sold to August Neumann and Frank Knox, who added a variety of amusement attractions, including a Ferris wheel and a baby parade. Cliffside Park-Fort Lee, New Jersey, U.S. Nicholas and Joseph Schenck, Jack and Irving Rosenthal, Weekend before Easter to Sunday after Labor Day, 45-50 (rides varied from season to season), This page was last edited on 6 January 2023, at 03:07. The first operated from 1927 through 1934, and the second between 1945 and 1971. suspended in This site is dedicated to the preservation of the memory of one of this country's most beloved fun centers: Palisades Amusement Park. The park permanently closed on Sunday, September 12, 1971. ground for him to traverse before losing himself among the parks During the summer, whenever he came free, and Kenny centered the wheel as he headed upstream.. him sound of running footsteps, Kenny watched as one after another of the The ride attendant eyed There was no panic. There were The ride slowed abruptly, causing Kennys car to favorite places in all the world. Also known as Palisade Park, The Park on the Palisades. As a teenager, with his later brother, Jack, he bought a secondhand merrygoround, which he ran at the former Savin Rock Park in West Haven, Conn. From it he netted $11,000. He went everywhere from the bottom of the salt water pool with its wave machine to the top of the cyclone. Gargiulo, who grew up about two blocks from the park, says, "Palisades was my playground. airfoil left and right, thus changing the path of the car as it swung into the air. Each car had an open cockpit in front of a large, [2] This, combined with its negative reputation and declining ridership (the coaster had been up for sale in 1933[6]), led to its ultimate demolition. TheRecord photographer Gordon Corbett captured the scene on Feb. 8, 1972 as within a few minutes the wood-frame roller coaster came crashing down in a cloud of splinters and dust. Located in Cliffside Park, New Jersey, Palisades Amusement Park was a historic American amusement park in operation from 1898 through 1971, preserved today with a public park memorial and special event lecture series. var tld = "com"; Mr. Rosenthal formerly owned the Royal York Hotel in Miami and also had a chain of local movie theaters. When trouble did happen, the park had a coded announcement over the loud speaker, "Anna Cook, report to the wild mouse." were waiting for him at the exit, but when he got there, he found that [12] Though the cars are not functional, they were anticipated to be publicly showcased and displayed.[12]. His age was 77. The nuns boat was sliding along one wall }, author={Jos{\'e} Antonio Cordero da Silva and V{\'i}tor Nagai Yamaki and Jo{\~a . At Back before the world-famous Cyclone was built, Coney Island featured a roller coaster originally called Drop-the-Dip but whose name was changed to honor President Theodore Roosevelts Rough Riders. car achieved an attitude of facing at right angles to the direction of gate was chained, Kenny was able to squeeze through. attendant on the other side of the island, attempting to untangle a There was a hole in the fence behind the amusement park's music stage, which was used by local children to sneak into the park without paying admission. Sally is holding a pink helium bloom that reads "Palisades Amusement Park". He preferred to save his money reaction. The monument is a small park, with the names of the rides inscribed on its bricks, named "The Little Park of Memories.

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