Riverview(Chicago) park map from the 1950's.

[Chitown]

I thought this was kind of neat. Shows the parks rides, picnic areas, parking lots, etc. Also shows on a small street map exactly where the park was located.

http://www.themeparkbrochures.com/maps/ ... 50x_1.html

[CoasterDude04]

Man, what I would give to go back in time to that park. All I have are stories from my mom and aunts who lived in the area at the time. Nice find.

[T.K.]

Hey I check rcdb.com out and they say that there was 19 Roller Coaster!!!!!! Chceck it closer!
http://www.rcdb.com/locationdetail899.htm

[DejaVu The Ride]

Did you happen to notice that all 19 weren't at the park at the same time?

[Danhockey04]

They had 7 roller coasters when the park closed, they were:
1. Big Dipper
2. Bobs
3. Flying Turns
4. Jetstream
5. Silver Flash
6. Sky Rocket
7. Wild Mouse

They were all wooden except for Flying Turns, which was a bobsled coaster and Wild Mouse, which was a steel coaster.

[[jonrev]]

I sure wish i was alive in the 50's. Riverview would of rocked!!

[greatamerica2003]

Hey I check rcdb.com out and they say that there was 19 Roller Coaster!!!!!! Chceck it closer!
http://www.rcdb.com/locationdetail899.htm

Quit jumping to conclusions. You seem to have a problem with that TK

Thats cool Chitown. If any of you ever venture down to Six Flags over Georgia, their carousel is from Riverview Park.

[planea380]

Man, what I would give to go back in time to that park. All I have are stories from my mom and aunts who lived in the area at the time. Nice find.

You may actually have your wish, Riverview II is in development, no joke.

[Cs6153]

I read somewhere that in its heyday in the 1920's they had 11-12 coasters. Thats a ton of coasters. thats more coasters than most family owned parks have today.

[Danhockey04]

Thats cool Chitown. If any of you ever venture down to Six Flags over Georgia, their carousel is from Riverview Park.

Yea, they do have the Riverview carousel, with a missing horse. One of the horses is missing, and it is a long story why it is missing. If you look, you can see the holes in the floor and the ceiling for the horse, it has been removed, and SFOG does not have the horse. The horse is somewhere else. I am too lazy to tell the whole story, so I will let someone else do it, if they know the story.

[planea380]

You don't even know the whole story, I never told you the whole thing. The part you do know was told by me.

[Danhockey04]

/\Umm...Yes, I don know the whole story. The missing horse is located in Galena, IL, and I do know how it got there.

[mr. dejavu]

Man, what I would give to go back in time to that park. All I have are stories from my mom and aunts who lived in the area at the time. Nice find.

You may actually have your wish, Riverview II is in development, no joke.

your kidding! will it be in Chicago?

[sixflagsguy5]

My grandpa always talks about riverview before i go to six flags for the day. I would have loved riverview, because i like wooden coasters over steel.

[planea380]

No, I'm not kidding and It is going to be in Illinois.

[SFGA 11]

Here is a site about Riverview with some info on Riverview 2 http://www.riverviewparkchicago.com/newspr.html

[shocker]

not to get off topic but a couple years ago my dad gave me a brochure from Disney world in '74 or '75. its pretty cool, if any one wants to see it, ill put it on my website

[SFGAmfreak4life]

I thought the project was done for good. Its cool that they are starting it up again. It would be awesome if this goes through.

Im jealous of my dad because he went there a few times when he was younger. He still thinks the Bobs is one of the best wooden coasters hes ever ridden.