I've been reading all the great input from everyone on Riverview, so I have to add my two cents in. I still live by "Riverview". It's now our 19th district police station, and shopping center and DeVry Institute for learning. We now call ourselves "Roscoe Village Neighbors" we changed the name from "Riverview Neighbors" quite a few years back. I skated for many years at the Old Riverview Roller Rink. Many, many of our friends including my Husband worked at the park. Ralph Lopez, who has many artifacts from the Park and worked for many years at the park, still lives in our neighborhood. At our once a year- 2 day- 5 block -Neighborhood festival every August "Roscoe Village Neighbors has our "Retro on Roscoe Festival" Ralph Lopez puts up his Riverview stand and has different memorabilia. and if you can remember the big half Moon that you sat on and had your picture taken well Ralph has that and at our Festival and we old Riverview people still stand in line to get our pictures taken on it. But I will say living in the neighborhood during the time that the park was still open had its bad side. Parking issues, crime, tons of people walking around the neighborhood. of the closing, I can't help but think that the crime was a bigger issue, of all the reasons for closing. As different types of people flooded the park, and neighborhood, there was no time that it went problem free. So if your ever in Chicago the first weekend in August sat & sun come on over to our street fest "Retro on Roscoe"( were on Roscoe from Leavitt to Damen). And stop by Ralphs stand for some great memories ! Thanks Colleen in Chicago -----Original Message----- From: cook-co-il-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cook-co-il-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Tom Mueller Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 9:11 AM To: cook-co-il@rootsweb.com Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] Riverview closing - 1967 I have many grEAT! memories of Riverview too. They closed in 1967, after they had issued season tickets and announced their Spring opening. It was quite sudden. Management said it was purely a financial move, but there was much speculation that it had to do with racial issues. A number of good books on are out there, including: Adams, Judith A. The American Amusement Park Industry. Twayne Publishers, Boston: 1991. ISBN: 0805798218. Others (that I have not read or seen) are: 1. Riverview Amusement Park / Author: Haugh, Dolores. Publication: Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., 2004 2. Riverview, gone but not forgotten : a photo-history, 1904-1967 / Author: Wlodarczyk, Chuck. Publication: Evanston, Ill. : Schori Press, 1977 3. Riverview, kingdom of magic Author: Hintze, Clarence.; Berbert, George. Publication: [Cincinnati?] : Kelleher, Russell, & Young, 1991 Document: English : Visual Material : Videorecording : VHS tape 4. Laugh your troubles away : the complete history of Riverview Park, Chicago, Illinois / Author: Gee, Derek.; Lopez, Ralph. Publication: Livonia, MI : Sharpshooter Productions, 2000 7. Riverview & 1933 World's Fair Author: Callaway, John D.; Karp, Cathleen. Publication: [Chicago] : Network Chicago/WTTW, 2000 Document: English : Visual Material : Videorecording : VHS tape Tom Mueller > AHHHH what a place!!! Riverview Park!! In 1960 I > was 12 years old. We would go with one of the moms > on the block that was off in the summer. Usually on > the CTA bus. I always liked the Cannon Ball, > Parachute Ride and the Freek Show (I am sure there > is a more politicly correct name for it now). That > always gave me goose bumps!!! When did it close its > doors? ____________________________________________________________________________ ________ Sponsored Link Online degrees - find the right program to advance your career. www.nextag.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COOK-CO-IL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I agree that crime was the underlying factor in the closing of Riverview. My brother worked at the park and was mugged in one of the arcades by a gang of the "new" customers. I have a photo taken at one of the picture arcades of my mother at about 2 years of age with her family and neighbors on the back of a train display. This would have been about 1912. Dave B --- Colleen Flood <cjflood@comcast.net> wrote: > I've been reading all the great input from everyone > on Riverview, so I have > to add my two cents in. > I still live by "Riverview". > It's now our 19th district police station, and > shopping center and DeVry > Institute for learning. > > We now call ourselves "Roscoe Village Neighbors" we > changed the name from > "Riverview Neighbors" quite a few years back. > > I skated for many years at the Old Riverview Roller > Rink. Many, many of our > friends including my Husband worked at the park. > > Ralph Lopez, who has many artifacts from the Park > and worked for many years > at the park, still lives in our neighborhood. > > At our once a year- 2 day- 5 block -Neighborhood > festival every August > "Roscoe Village Neighbors has our "Retro on Roscoe > Festival" Ralph Lopez > puts up his Riverview stand and has different > memorabilia. > and if you can remember the big half Moon that you > sat on and had your > picture taken > well Ralph has that and at our Festival and we > old Riverview people > still stand in line to get our pictures taken on it. > > But I will say living in the neighborhood during the > time that the park was > still open had its bad side. Parking issues, crime, > tons of people walking > around the neighborhood. > of the closing, I can't help but think that the > crime was a bigger issue, > of all the reasons for closing. As different types > of people flooded the > park, and neighborhood, there was no time that it > went problem free. > > So if your ever in Chicago the first weekend in > August sat & sun come on > over to our street fest "Retro on Roscoe"( were on > Roscoe from Leavitt to > Damen). And stop by Ralphs stand for some great > memories ! > Thanks > Colleen in Chicago > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: cook-co-il-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:cook-co-il-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf > Of Tom Mueller > Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 9:11 AM > To: cook-co-il@rootsweb.com > Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] Riverview closing - 1967 > > I have many grEAT! memories of Riverview too. > They closed in 1967, after they had issued season > tickets and announced their Spring opening. It was > quite sudden. > > Management said it was purely a financial move, but > there was much speculation that it had to do with > racial issues. > > A number of good books on are out there, including: > Adams, Judith A. The American Amusement Park > Industry. Twayne Publishers, > Boston: 1991. ISBN: 0805798218. > > Others (that I have not read or seen) are: > > 1. Riverview Amusement Park / > Author: Haugh, Dolores. > Publication: Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., 2004 > > 2. Riverview, gone but not forgotten : > a photo-history, 1904-1967 / > Author: Wlodarczyk, Chuck. > Publication: Evanston, Ill. : Schori Press, 1977 > > 3. Riverview, kingdom of magic > Author: Hintze, Clarence.; Berbert, George. > Publication: [Cincinnati?] : Kelleher, Russell, & > Young, 1991 > Document: English : Visual Material : Videorecording > : > VHS tape > > 4. Laugh your troubles away : > the complete history of Riverview Park, Chicago, > Illinois / > Author: Gee, Derek.; Lopez, Ralph. > Publication: Livonia, MI : Sharpshooter Productions, > 2000 > > 7. Riverview & 1933 World's Fair > Author: Callaway, John D.; Karp, Cathleen. > Publication: [Chicago] : Network Chicago/WTTW, 2000 > Document: English : Visual Material : Videorecording > : > VHS tape > > Tom Mueller > > > AHHHH what a place!!! Riverview Park!! In 1960 > I > > was 12 years old. We would go with one of the > moms > > on the block that was off in the summer. Usually > on > > the CTA bus. I always liked the Cannon Ball, > > Parachute Ride and the Freek Show (I am sure there > > is a more politicly correct name for it now). > That > > always gave me goose bumps!!! When did it close > its > > doors? > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > ________ > Sponsored Link > > Online degrees - find the right program to advance > your career. > www.nextag.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to > COOK-CO-IL-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to COOK-CO-IL-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > David T Buzzek <www.gensearch.net> You cannot soar with the eagles during the day if you hoot with the owls at night! ____________________________________________________________________________________ Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index