Coney Island 1949
review by wabigbear
New York City in 1949. After 20 years spent mired in the Great Depression immediately followed by all humankind seemingly going crazy and plunging into another World War, this point in time finds the city poised on the edge. The Jet Age and modern skyscrapers were on the horizon but the remnants of the Gilded Age and the Roaring Twenties still lingered. The baby boom that had begun after the soldiers returned home was creating a whole new generation ready to be introduced to that singular New York summer pastime...Coney Island.
Built before the advent of the consumer research studies that guided the building of the large destination theme parks, Coney Island was like the City itself, a collection of mismatched styles and tastes, blended together, zapped with high doses of electric lights, loud music and larger-than-life graphics, then spread along the shore and inland several blocks. You could hop aboard a Brooklyn Transit car and ride the elevated tracks directly to Coney Island. Once there, your choices were amazing. Card halls sat side-by-side with arcades, hotels, and attractions. Bath houses lined the shore, and when hunger struck you were never far from Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs. Block after block featured an ever changing kaleidoscope of amusements, old and new, for every age and taste. The skyline here was dominated by some of the most famous roller coasters the world has ever known...Thompson Switchback...Tornado...Cyclone.
As a fan of this period in history, I was enthralled with this park. The feeling of what makes up Coney Island was beautifully captured, and the details added to fully theme this park were outstanding. While an urban type park like Coney Island may not appeal to everyone, this was an important link in the history of parks, and this has been perfectly captured in "1949 Coney Island". I hope you'll enjoy our Vacation Park runner-up.
You can download this Wacky Worlds & Time Twisters park HERE
There was one object that didn't want to transfer in when you open the park, so I included that particular .dat file in the zip file. Just put the .dat file in your obj data folder before trying to open this park.
Edited by Buckeye Becky, 20 October 2006 - 10:32 PM.
