Today's installment of Places We Wish We Could Go To This Weekend takes us to Freedomland, a noble attempt to create a history-based Disneyland in da Bronx.
The park lasted from just 1960-64, but to those boomers who went there (the site is now occupied by the massive Co-Op City), the memories are indelible. (bet most of you can still sing the words to the commercial: "Mommy, daddy take my hand/take me out to Freedomland.")
Here's a great clip, showcasing Freedomland's many attractions.
Comments (1)
I went to "Freedomland USA"once.
This was back in the summer of 1960..the
year that the park first opened to the public.
I went there with my father and my brothers..
we saw"Little Old New York",The battle of the
Civil War,the launching of a rocket at"Satilite City".
I enjoyed seeing the park..but my father and
brothers hated it and we never went back again.
Damn It!
I miss a chance to see the other sites at the
aprk..including San Francisco and "The Circus/
Maximus"arena In The Los Angeles,Cal. section of
the park.
That's where the NYC kids tv hosts/performers
entertained their fans and the rock music performers
entertained at "Satileite City".
I wished that I had gotten a chance to see
"Officer Joe"Bolton,"Capt.Jack"McCarthy,Chuck
McCann,Claude Kirchner,Jimmy Nelson,Sandy Becker,
Sonny Fox,"Bozo"(Bill Britten),"Uncle Fred"Scott and the
the kids tv hosts at "The Circus Maximus" and the rock
music stars at "Satilite City"..Along with "The Three Stooges"
and Messers:Joe E.Ross & Fred Gwynne "Officers Toody
& Muldoon" of"Car 54:Where Are you?!" at the park?
But as they say..it just wasn't to be.