Jim and folks, I've been a "lurker" on this list, reading and enjoying the messages but never contributing. When you asked the questions about the widening of Rt. 48 and the closing of Rainbow Gardens, I just couldn't resist answering. If memory serves me correctly, Rt. 48 (Long Run Road) was widened in 1960. I lived on Long Run Road from 1948 until I got married in 1961. As Donna said, Rainbow Gardens was closed because the state was going to put in a cloverleaf at the intersection of Lincoln Way & 48. This never came to pass. And that was a shame because Rainbow Gardens was a nice park. I ran the ferris wheel there in the summer of 1956 before I went in the service and had a swimming pass for a number of years, and it was a great place to work and play. In addition to the amusement park with its rides and arcade, there was a large swimming pool, a skating rink/dance hall, miniature golf course, a picnic area with pavilion, and a drive-in movie. And next to the drive-in was the Casa-Loma Bowling Lanes. And across Jacks Run Road (48) was a driving range (also a football field at one time where semi-pro teams played and where I proudly served as a grade school waterboy). And across Lincoln Way from the park was a Dairy Queen and the White Oak Inn. At the intersection was Bud's Red Hots, the Club Rancho, and Gooch's Farm Market. It was like one big entertainment complex around the intersection of Long Run Road, Jacks Run Road and Lincoln Way. All of this sadly was wiped out by the state so that they could build the cloverleaf that never was. Hope this helps. Ralph Hoffman