These fascinating photos of Chicago's Riverview Amusement Park were taken over the course of a single day, on May 25, 1962, by Chicago photographer Laird A. Scott. Riverview closed in 1967 and was ...

Chicago American news carrier boys ... Aladdin’s Castle at Riverview Park in January 1968, the year the amusement park was torn down. An aerial view shows a closed Riverview Park on Oct. 4 ...

Established in 1904, Riverview Amusement Park occupied 74 acres of land in North Center, stretching from Belmont Avenue north to Lane Tech High School between Western Avenue and the Chicago River.

One graffiti artist has found a unique way to honor Chicago's historic Riverview Park, recreating the amusement park's famous welcome sign as a mural - and adding a unique COVID-19-themed twist.

Delight in the joys of Riverview, an amusement park that existed from 1904-67 in Chicago. WTTW's John Callaway hosts a Chicago Story about Riverview, the Chicago amusement park that from 1904-1967 ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Children ride on a rollercoaster at Riverview Amusement Park, 3000 N. Western Ave., in 1966. Chicago Sun-Times collection, Chicago History Museum Share For ...

Carter, born in Ohio and a recent Chicago transplant, was so infatuated with stories about the park that he wrote a short play about the location called “Belmont & Western: Riverview Amusement ...

Through the early 1900s, Chicago boasted more amusement parks than any other ... t help but smile at the mere mention of its name, Riverview Park. - Riverview was unique. There was no other ...

Riverview. The amusement park, located near Belmont and Western in Chicago, so captured the hearts and imaginations of its patrons that even today, 40 years after its closing, people are almost ...

Chicagoans of a certain age still lament the demolition of Riverview, the famed North Side amusement park that was razed ... Addison and the Chicago River. Surrounding the then-new Lane Tech ...

One graffiti artist has found a unique way to honor Chicago's historic Riverview Park, recreating the amusement park's famous welcome sign as a mural - and adding a unique COVID-19-themed twist.