Photo Friday
Oh my.
The big Diane Furstenberg sunglasses tell me it was the 80's.
I was camera-in-hand (as usual) at Belmont Park.
The city had just decided they were going to save the Giant Dipper--a wooden roller coaster built in 1925.
The Plunge was also saved--the indoor swimming pool that had been the show piece of the park.
Initially it was part of a gym but open to the public.
They used to host "Dive-in" movies, where you could float around on an inner tube and watch an old B horror movie like Creature of the Black Lagoon.
Now it's in an athletic club, but I don't hear about it anymore, so I assume it's members only.
I had been writing letters to the City Council, and was excited they weren't going to add a hotel or condos.
Ironically, I don't really like what that area has become.
Shops and restaurants have failed, so it's just a big arcade now.
But I still love the roller coaster, all outlined in white lights.
In 2002, the lease was purchased by a private citizen who....plans to build a hotel on the property.
At least the coaster was saved.
Labels: san diego, vintage family photograph
4 Comments:
Barb: It is amazing how much glasses changes someone's appearance. I would not have known that was you. What brand of camera were you using back then? In the 80s, my camera of choice was a Mamiya Sekor 2X2...I loved that old thing.
ha! It was a manual Nikon (I can't remember more details, though I do still have it packed away somewhere). I was taking photography classes at a community college, and learning all about the techniques Ansel Adams used.
Hi Barb we have something similar happening here. The fairground was closed down and the new metal rollercoaster was taken to Blackpool to be part of a big funfair they have up the coast. The older wooden rollercoaster was just going to be broken up, but they found a place for it in the end. Since then a new person has started a new fairground in the ripped out grounds of the old, and is trying to make a go of it. Southport is undergoing a lot of development so you always see men in hats and safety boots in town. Just need an indian and a cowboy and we could have the full YMCA chorus. :-)
Dive In movies - ROFLMAO!!! You guys have such a great sense of humour - that is almost as cute as lips bandaids!
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