tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post4442266633265214762..comments2024-03-29T02:30:53.003-07:00Comments on GORILLAS DON'T BLOG: Vintage Postcards - Palisades Park, Part ThreeMajor Pepperidgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-11154747136688159442016-06-17T16:21:26.338-07:002016-06-17T16:21:26.338-07:00I visited my Brooklyn grandmother in 1970 when I w...I visited my Brooklyn grandmother in 1970 when I was 10 and also heard/remembered the TV jingles "Palisades Amusement park / Swings all day and after dark / Ride the coaster ... get cool / in the waves in are pool / so COME ... ON ... OVER"<br /><br />We never went because I never asked. Too much of a Disneyland Snob.<br /><br />But here we are 45 years later and now at least I can see the coaster and the pool that I opted out on.<br /><br />Many thanks for sharing these.Katella Gatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05562521359201308834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-14316373434139672702016-06-16T20:42:28.664-07:002016-06-16T20:42:28.664-07:00Maybe that's the stage where Bugs Bunny and a ...Maybe that's the stage where Bugs Bunny and a Russian bear competed to dive from ever higher platforms into smaller vessels of water<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woH0Nhbc-fc<br />Dean Findernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-58038485550979767602016-06-16T18:41:52.803-07:002016-06-16T18:41:52.803-07:00Thank you, Chuck! I've enjoyed sharing these ...Thank you, Chuck! I've enjoyed sharing these with you and I can't think of a better group to share it with. I definitely plan on doing more. I'll add that your research and childhood recollections of these places has added a lot to this series for me. Thanks!K. Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960970051790617367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-35228506760366642372016-06-16T15:32:43.348-07:002016-06-16T15:32:43.348-07:00Been trying off-and-on all day to find out what ha...Been trying off-and-on all day to find out what happened to the steam train. Until proven otherwise, I'll assume it ran off with one of the antique cars and is living quietly in rural upstate New York.<br /><br />I have to echo JG's sentiments - I've learned a lot from this series, even about parks I was somewhat or slightly familiar with. I am grateful that you have taken the time to share them with us.Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836717368846566211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-65745826020934450792016-06-16T14:58:25.997-07:002016-06-16T14:58:25.997-07:00JG, That is awesome to hear! You've just give...JG, That is awesome to hear! You've just give me more motivation to share and continue more of these articles. Thank you!<br /><br />Nanook, Same here. No Palisades Park or Riverview Park for me either. When I read my various books and publications on amusement parks I look at the grand old traditional parks and think, if only I was born a little earlier to experience some of these when they existed.K. Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960970051790617367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-61054007917755840462016-06-16T13:55:15.851-07:002016-06-16T13:55:15.851-07:00Ken-
Thanks for sharing more great images. I nev...Ken-<br /><br />Thanks for sharing more great images. I never did make it to Palisades Park before its untimely demise, but it's certainly been memorialized in story and song.Nanookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255357829181568172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-56673684307405182432016-06-16T13:19:28.130-07:002016-06-16T13:19:28.130-07:00Major and Ken, I have learned more about amusement...Major and Ken, I have learned more about amusement parks from this collection than I ever thought possible. Thank you.<br /><br />JGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-8810231214120783032016-06-16T10:04:13.338-07:002016-06-16T10:04:13.338-07:00Dennis, Oops! Looks like I missed your comment th...Dennis, Oops! Looks like I missed your comment there. This one's for you!<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLVgEP8pOWQK. Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960970051790617367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-86390111875860642462016-06-16T10:00:01.120-07:002016-06-16T10:00:01.120-07:00Scott, you have better eyes than I do. I didn'...Scott, you have better eyes than I do. I didn't connect the 4 fellas in suits. Yeah, Frankie and the Four Seasons. I remember as little kid in the early 1960's getting my first record player for my birthday and my parents included some 45s, two of them were "Sherry" and "Big Girls Don't Cry". I played those for days on end. Still burned into my brain to this day.<br /><br />Patrick Devlin, "Under the boardwalk, out of the sun. Under the boardwalk, we'll be havin' some fun. Yeah, I love that song. Glad you enjoyed these and thanks for the kind comments.K. Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960970051790617367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-54503208320941480212016-06-16T09:57:02.640-07:002016-06-16T09:57:02.640-07:00"Palisades Amusement park,where a dime buys t..."Palisades Amusement park,where a dime buys the most,<br />Palisades Amusement Park, swings all day and after dark..."<br /> 50 years later I can still hear the advertisement on the radio!<br /> Went there once as a kid. Dennis, Levittown NYdennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17877267230282523219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-40114821700413878692016-06-16T06:33:22.992-07:002016-06-16T06:33:22.992-07:00I'm hearing Freddy Cannon's song in my hea...I'm hearing Freddy Cannon's song in my head but I don't see the Loop-the-loop. Great images, Ken. Thanks for sharing and the great commentary: always a good read.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13819318798840978404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-69491704893935974782016-06-16T04:47:26.415-07:002016-06-16T04:47:26.415-07:00I'd say that stage was used for both. Agreed t...I'd say that stage was used for both. Agreed that those look like some sort of trapeze set-up but those 4 fellas in suits look like they're about to sing. (hmm...North Jersey, 4 guys....wonder if one of them's named Frankie)Scott Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10225636456858440089noreply@blogger.com