Riverview Amusement Park Chicago Parachute Ride. Chicago riverview amusement park nearly everyone remembers a favorite amusement park from their youth but if you lived in chicago before 1967 there s a good chance riverview was yours. By stan holden very year nearly per sons go to chicago s riverview park to have fun.
The park was open from 1904 to 1967 and in the home movie above you can spot rides like shoot the chutes log. See more ideas about riverview riverview park amusement park. The ride the pair o chutes was in my estimation one of the best attractions in riverview park second only to the bobs.
It was located on 74 acres in an area bound on the south and east by belmont and western avenues respectively on the north by lane technical high school and on the west by the north branch of the chicago river.
See more ideas about riverview riverview park amusement park. These fascinating photos of chicago s riverview amusement park were taken over the course of a single day on may 25 1962 by chicago photographer laird a. Chicago riverview amusement park nearly everyone remembers a favorite amusement park from their youth but if you lived in chicago before 1967 there s a good chance riverview was yours. Shot of girls in ride seat laughing.
