Amusement Parks and West View Park

[brathke at juno.com]

Bob,

I had other relatives who lived near West View Park - how long have you
lived in that area?

Yes, the upper station had a pedestrial tunnel from the outbound side of
the 10-West View stop, and it led into the park - exiting the tunnel into
the park, Danceland and the miniature golf course were to the left, and a
bridge over the rear of the seating area at the bandshell was to the
right.

Maybe the Borough of West View could tell you where they got the trolley
photo, and it might be possible to get prints from the source.

In the early 80's I used to have presentation slides made by a company
called Slide Graphics which was on U.S. Route 19 just north of the lower
park entrance, and across the street from the old Bard's Dairy store. 
The owner, Joel Balon, took photos of local scenes.  I'm not sure if
Slide Graphics is still in business, but Joel may have been the source of
the enlargements.

Bob 10/7

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On Sat, 7 Oct 2000 20:51:31 -0400 (EDT) SaturnV at webtv.net (Bob Schmidt)
writes:
> 
> That's an interesting note, Bob, about your Uncle Ray. He couldn't 
> have
> picked a more convenient and satsfyiing job pursuant to his 
> retirement.
> We rode that train just about every time we went to the park. I 
> liked
> the stretch of track that took it behind, and parallel to, the 
> framed
> structure of The Dips.
> 
> If memory serves, the "upper" car stop had a pedestrian tunnel that 
> led
> down into the park.
> I believe this stop was where Danceland was located. I remember the
> fences which helped establish a safety control of/for the trolley
> ridership there at the Park.
> 
> I remember a row of Low Floors back in the 50's, then the PCC.s 
> behind
> the chain link parallel to the ROW at Keating. Everytime I passed
> Keating and saw those cars on that stub I thought to myself....well,
> they're headed for the scrappers torch.
> 
> An item of interest....there's a Wendy's in the Westview Shopping 
> Center
> that approximates the location where the adult "Whip" ride was 
> located.
> On the wall in Wendy's is a nice b/w 11 x 14 framed print of Low 
> Floor
> #5059 shown sittting at Keating with a #10 Westview sign and a 
> 3700/3800
> style interurban headlamp. There are also several other priints of 
> the
> Park displayed there as wall hangings.The pictures are courtesy of
> Westview Borough. I tried to abscond with the trolley pic, and met 
> with
> failure. They must've got word I was coming for it and screwed frame 
> and
> all to the wall!
> 
> Bob
> 

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