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Chippewa Lake Park is an abandoned amusement park located in Chippewa Lake, Ohio, Medina County. It operated from 1878 through 1978, after the final owner, Continental Business Enterprises closed it due to a lack of attendance. The rides and structures were left largely untouched and unmaintained for over 45 years.
The park was renamed to Great Adventure Amusement Park. In the 1970s New York's Public Development Corp (PDC) took the land via eminent domain for the purpose of an industrial development. The property remained vacant and abandoned for years until being occupied by a movie complex, Toys R Us (closed in 2018) and office buildings. [54]
In early 2015, Jerry Couch retired and closed his Monroe RV Showroom. Buildings and parts of rides in the Americana portion of the park as well as the Fantasy Farm park were left abandoned. In 2017, it was announced that Butler Tech, a county-wide vocational school, purchased 36 acres of the former park for $2.7 million to develop a new campus.
Abandoned Geauga Lake Park, Aurora, Ohio, two pairs of white beams of a once ride, red barrels and broken blocks in the foreground, trees in a forest, during early autumn, in the background, a ...
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Puritas Springs Park was an amusement park located in Cleveland, Ohio, overlooking the Rocky River Valley. It opened around the dawn of the 20th century and operated until financial difficulties led to its closure in 1958.
Idora Park (1899–1984) was an amusement park in Youngstown, Ohio, United States, also known as "Youngstown's Million Dollar Playground." Built by the Youngstown Park and Falls Street Railway Company, the park's expansion coincided with the growth of the South Side of Youngstown, Ohio, in the Fosterville neighborhood.
Cascade Plaza is an open space with plantings and pedestrian walkways in Akron, Ohio. It was developed in the late 1960s as part of an urban renewal project that also included construction of two high rises. Starting in 2013, a major overhaul to the plaza took place, completed in 2015. [1]