Lincoln Park: From Yesterday

[jaxgal618]

Who sang that song ? Was it 30 Seconds to Mars ?

[krist3n626]

@jaxgal618 yes it is, the song is from yesterday

[rmurbach1961]

I loved the carousel. Glad to see that it is still alive and well in Fall River!

[WeAreCrackBabiez]

Thank you for this video, i went there the other day and everything is gone, literally only the coaster is standing everything else was burnt of fallen over, this park is a tragedy and could have been so more, if they were smart they would open another one since the closest one is SFNE and thats two hours away thank you though

[donnabarros1]

Easter Sundays at Lincoln Park

[scatpack01]

great video!!!!!

[portfood]

It's just a shame that Lincoln Park was destroyed mostly by vandals. It seems like the insanity that plaques the earth now started long ago. Why on earth would anyone destroy this great place. Now what do you have ??

[22BoPa]

I feel sorry for all the kids in this area who will never know how great it all was.

[babyzoe01141]

I also remember thinking that it was soooo far from my house when we would drive there and we only lived in Brockton.. It felt like I was driving to Fl or something and I was always so excited and I couldnt wait to get there...

[babyzoe01141]

I think you did a great job all I did was smile when I was watching this. My dad pasted away when I was 13 in 1990 and when I was a small kid my dad use to bring us there and I when I was watching the roller coaster I could see me and my dad on it and how afraid I was at the time, but I loved it.. This really made me happy, thank you... Brandy

[mrsmagoo19651]

wow thats so sad i wish it was opened again im gonna cry all tho i have nightmares of this

[50xsemperfi]

It made me cry.. looking back.. going there was one of my favorite childhood memories

[ifruci1]

wow. it hurt to see this. I remember puking after the teacup ride, but the feelings I had after seeing this were so much more painful. and rocky point too. Moved to FL over twenty years ago but remember Lincoln and Rocky Point. Trust me, Disney sucks, these two places had it. Community, fun and affordability. May they rest in peace. xxoo

[pest920]

i remember spending my weekends roller skating and playing skeet ball. thats where i learned how to skate backwards

[PhoenixNFlite]

Great job, gave me a melancholy feeling. I worked at LP the summers of '77 and '78. R.I.P. Lincoln Park...thanks for the memories!

[bvincesf]

Excellent job putting this together. I have such fond memories of Lincoln Park during the 70's when it was still a huge draw for families in the Greater Fall River/New Bedford area.

[fatstercat]

ahh the memories



[x0whitelily0x]

Great Job - Boy, I loved that place! And everyone in the old pictures looks so slim! A lot to think about here.

[ThePauligirl48]

@x0whitelily0x I know right? A lot of thin people.........unlike today where obesity is out of control, sadly. Thanks for pointing that out! Im still as thin as I was from back in HS and although Lincoln Park is gone, there is still a lot to do outside....so people, move those feet!

[bopchu01]

Roller skating was a Sunday tradition.

[TheFaeri3]

I know people say they miss it so much, but personally I think it is so much more beautiful now that nature has taken it over.

[soshmed1]

My first roller coaster ride was here when I was 9.

[109950js]

Really It's gonna reopen ! WOW !

[jeepers2655]

why did it close?....why did it sit so long ?....greedy people would not sell?.....nice documentary by the way!

[skyvorpal]

...all in all a smart idea, since in the end it's low tech and a fraction of the price of a modern fun park. good for the local economy, and safer in comparison to the old park still being in operation. opening day is slated for june1, 2014.

[skyvorpal]

the real good news is an investor group in stockholm has bought the property and will be restoring the park to it's original specs, marketing it throughout new england as a nostalgia location. the original comet has been blue-printed, every detail will be re-manufactured. they spent 11 months gathering photographs and transferring them to 3d computer animation for the architects. their mission statement says something about cloning every last detail and structure of the original lincoln park.

[mgrella63]

@skyvorpal Is this still the plan? because other people are saying its slated to be a housing project

[HattieLovesCattie]

Just found this while searching on Google:

Reuse

The 42-acre (170,000 m2) site is currently being considered for a 252-unit housing project.

[HattieLovesCattie]

Too bad the park couldn't stay open 100 years.I bet most of the kids in these video( thru the years ) are grandparents now.

[ec41851]

This brings back so many memories. i wish it was their to share with my Grandchildren. it may be gone but no won can take away those memories.Ed Caine

[francarmel]

I like the way this was put together, just wish there were more pictures..... I'm 42 yrs old..I grew up at that park..miss it so dang much : (

[RAWHEADMIKE]

hey! is this the park down route 6?

[flryan4]

Great video brings me back to our family reunions every summer at Lincoln Park.

[Cormak]

@Paneeks1960

I drive by the park everyday and it's sad to watch more and more get covered by trees or collapse. Alot of the Comet is still there. The lift hill fell in 2001, roof of the station in 2005 and the back loop in 2009.

[Paneeks1960]

@Cormak

Thanks for this update. I think I am going to drive down there either this weekend or the one after and take some photos. I hope that there is at least enough coaster left to make the trip worthwhile because it will take about 75 minutes to get there. I really appreciate the update and I will try to post any video or photos that I take from my "Lincoln Park 2010 Trip". To think that I rode that coaster 25 years ago is amazing. It seems like yesterday really...

[jadedheart30]

great job on this

[ScottJ794]

is this property accessible? I'm amazed at how much remains after all these years.

[youtoubakias]

I see so many good memories in that particular video! i know how it is when you visit a real joyable place with some good friend after all those years! great video.

[popsek]

Awesome video. I lived in Dartmouth all my life and i remember going there. What memories.

[Rwingr9]

Thanks for posting, I remember many a summer day there, going on the rides and all. Good memories.

[ScottyMC69]

Life...after people

[pauljr0827]

that video just brought back so many memorries i worked there when i was 14 and remember the days my parents would take me there every weekend as a kid .. i miss those days .. wish i could have takin my kids there . i go for rides by there and cant beleave how it looks now . thank you for great memories . great video .

[Joanie209]

thanks alot for the wonderful job you did on the video. I remember going there as a kid and then bringing my children there.

You could twice a week and it was only a short way from home. Everything that was enjoyable is gone. All the parks, bowling alleys. Kids today are missing all of it.

[rct3madness21]

there are plenty of parks and bowling alleys like this around. sfne is a hour away from me. it has like all that stuff :) i go there for free with just a season pass all year :) i live close to this too

[ProjectCoaster]

i remember when i went to lincln park the comet broke down and i had already been on the other rides so we went to the ice rink to watch a show

[odog65]

@ 1:57 I remember the time somewhere around 85 or 86 when I got ran over my ankle go the

worst of it 4 years later sprained it doing the same thing at another rink but I turned too fast and was out of school for a week I have that as a forever reminder of that day and the other time

[rf396]

Thanks so much for posting this. i noticed the damage on the lift hill. Im glad I took my pics in 98. So SAD. I remember the big yellow slide and burning my arm on it when my dad and I rolled out of the burlap and onto the slide. this place even had a first aid tent. I'd burn my arm like that again every day to get the park and my dad BACK. They've both passed on, but this brought back some great memories of both of them and a tear to my eye. thanks..VERY MUCH

[odog65]

the peavey 5 string Millenium with 5 pick ups maple wood fret board tigers eye color has been knocked off my list on what I would sacrifice my left nut for.

if you burning your arm and me sacrificing my left nut opened the park back up I'd do it if it ever reopened I'd get a second home up there as far as bringing back a dead loved one I rack my brains on that one a lot . I never like to think anythings impossiable.

[rf396]

I wish it was that easy. I feel bad for kids today. Theyve missed alot. i grew up at Jolly Cholly's, Lincoln Park, and Paragon Park. Kids today have NOTHING

[odog65]

me too isn't there like any grassroots group of people trying to get their voice heard trying to bring back the park.

I thought there would be with the age of internet and all I'm surprised it was never considered to be restored & reopened in the late 90's early 00's

[odog65]

@rf396 I know all they got is mind numbing digital entertaiment of video games which can't compare to a day out at a kick ass amusement park

I'd rather be there spending a day or a weekend at Lincoln Park then sit inside all summer in front of a video game system

Cloest thing to an old amusement park I go to is Kennywood but not quite the same

[MynameisRoxas]

that place is amazing. I Hate my town, but lincoln park still being open would make this town so much better. And even if its not re-opened ever (which im guessing is the case :( ) i feel it should NEVER be torn down and replaced with ANYTHING.

[odog65]

@MynameisRoxas I bet it would bring in a lot of $ for it too especally these days with a crap e con maybe if there's an empty plot up the road put a drive in up too like there was back in the day

I thought it was pretty kick ass when there was 2 up the street from the park

[04ok]

Really good work--I remember riding the roller coaster in the 80's and being really impressed--what a loss. Thanks for the great tribute-you're doing a service.

[susan462]

thanks so many special memories of days gone by..

[lt1fan94]

I absolutely love the before and after shots. More people should do this in their video's! 5 stars man.

[olskool29]

i wish they would rebuild this park, i never got to see it in its heyday, i'd love to be able to go to a place like that so close to home, i live about 15 minutes away by highway

[renofootball]

Thats not Lincoln Park just to tell you its 30 seconds to mars

[Cormak]

The name of the PARK is Lincoln Park.

[grebel82]

@Cormak lol....

[MynameisRoxas]

the band name is Linkin Park not Lincoln Park. this video is about the amusmant park which is now abandonned.

[js1268]

damn... i remember going there as a kid... i had my best memories there.... =-(

thanks for posting... it actually brought tears of joy to me.... so bittersweet!

[wdc0923]

sum day when i grow up i want my own amusment park. i listen to my grandma say "it would be nice to see amusment park there some day" so i think the same.

[rickdragster09]

i can remeber riding this roller coaster with my grandfather back in 1985 thats the last time i saw this park great memories thank you for shareing the pics

[wkndsquire]

Beautifully done, Cormak. I have a few precious pics of LP the last year it was open and some from a year after it was closed. Like Rocky Point, this place will forever be the subject of my most cherished memories. Your video was an intense look back. Can't thank you enough.

[Cormak]

Thanks so much! If you'd like to share your pictures with others. Please check out my LP site and contact me there and I'd love to add them.

It's a shame that so many wonderful places like LP and Rocky Point have met the demise that they have.

[valzinia43]

This place was my childhood. I am 65 years old and I spent so much of my youth there. So sad to see it in such disrepair.

[GymProv]

This is sad. I loved that place. Too bad today's kids will not get to experience it.

[dreamzar4you]

where was that located?

[GymProv]

It' was in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA.

I lived a few miles from this site.

[dreamzar4you]

why was it closed?

[GymProv]

Many of the smaller parks closed due to cost of upkeep and liability insurance. The land they occupied became very valuable sine so many of these parks were located on the waterfront. Lincoln Park closed due to bad management and cost of operation.

[jaqsrbetter]

You don't think when you're a kid, that places like this wont last for ever. I loved the slide and the Round Up. I went skating here frequently.

[Cormak]

That's so true. As a child you think things like LP would last forever. I know I did with both LP and Rocky Point and they are both gone.

[yobananaboy123]

thats across from caddy shack rite?

[Cormak]

Yes, it's across from the Caddy Shack.

[MagicHitch]

awesome job, it's such a shame that arsons and vandels have to get to do their damage before you can work your magic!

[Purplesky74]

I agree, what is wrong with people that they feel the need to do such things. As if the park standing alone was a bother to them. They're probably in jail for other crimes but hopefully what ever mental disorder they have gets treatment somehow.

[odog65]

if I could take care of dumbasses like that there would be less to no arsons and vandels I'd break them down mentally by making them burn Strips of our shredded Docs strip by strip for 6 weeks 6 hours a day

and vandels they want to destroy shit I'd give them the most tedidous tools to break down something that's a bitch to break

call me cruel but after a little bit on insanity of tedious shit they would have their fill of burning and breaking shit

[kels987xo]

thanks for the memories

[scottyboy9470]

Thanks Corrie for bringing back some great memories. If I ever hit the Powerball, I would use my money to restore Lincoln Park to its original days once again, so that the children of today could relive my past. Thank You.

[odog65]

I'd do the same too I'd love to relive the past and have other relive it with us. flying cages comet monster house duckpin skating dancing Family Fun. In my opinion as I've always said as a kid anytime my avo mentioned Disney I'm like Lincoln Park is better and more magical and has more charm then what disney will ever have and I think I mentioned costs in the process too

[dianarva]

I loved this park. My fav ride was the coaster! That first hill was something else.

[rb26xs14]

i never knew their was an amusement park like this and im from the west end of new bedford!

[SacreddSniper]

i never even knew what it was untill now. it looked like a place that would bring back alot of memories :] nice job man... 5*

[bowlercub]

I loved Lincoln Park. The Comet was my first big coaster. I remember stuffing tons of paper towels in my sneakers just so I would be tall enough to ride it. I've been a coaster lover ever since. Thanks for the video... as it has brought back a lot of fond memories. Great job!

[zuntu01]

it brings so many memories

[jarcar101]

what would it take to bring back Lincoln Park?? it sucks that this generation has lost out on a great thing....

[vinh32y]

change it to linkin park jk

[susiq1067]

I just went there 2 days ago to get some pictures before it's all gone, then posted them up on Facebook. A friend sent me a link to your video today. You did such a nice job with this! The song was perfect!

[Cormak]

I'd like to go back again myself when the weather gets a little warmer.

I have several other LP videos here on Youtube.

[sublimeskunk37]

Awesome video. I plan to visit the remains of this park in April to see how enjoyable Rhode Island was as a child again...Considering there's nothing to do in this state except go to restauraunts and shop.

[RivaWitch]

So sad. I miss this place. It was a part of my childhood!

[DavidLancaster1974]

Yeah really great vid. Makes me sad. I'm English but my mother grew up in MA and I still have a 91 year-old great aunt near New Bedford so I need to ask her about Lincoln Park. Wish I could have been there.

[betskyuk]

never been there as i'm from Scotland, but enjoyed your video very much. Well done.

[joeitaly08]

Thanks so much on the lincoln park videos sure brought back lots of memories i used to go there in the 70s growing up was so nice. just a shock its closed now and nothing left but trees and some rollercoaster tracks. not many old parks around any more. thanks for shareing Joe

[joruss6676]

The only way to save the park is to get alot of people like 50 or so and all get loans for $100,000 each person total 5 mil or more and buy the park back rebuild the roller coaster and bring back the rides that use to be there and maybe build new rides. Who knows the land might be down in price since the house market fell. It would be nice to see some good things happen in this world for once.

[Rosetheribtickler]

Money was badly spent and long winters ate into potential profits. We know why it closed, and we hate that it closed.

...and we miss it so much.'

(and as a side note, immigration helped keep the park alive. Those that came to work in the factories spent their extra money in the park, with their families.)

Great editing of rare and oft seen photos/post cards mixed with the footage you took.

Thank you.

[2ksmum]

Thank you for sharing this us. My husband is from New Bedford and I am from Wareham. We used to go to L.P. every easter (snow permitting) LOL. I just watched this with my daughter and she asked "how come we don't go there when we go to Grampas or Mayas. So sad to tell her why...she's 6. Thanks for the memories.

[todderic]

I remember my dad would take a week vacation from work every Summer, and the first place he would take us was to Lincoln Park for an entire day. I have very fond memories of Lincoln Park. In some ways, losing Lincoln Park was like losing a family member. But videos like this help keep the memories alive. Thank you for that!

[RedFoxRadio]

It is so sad that our own children cant have fun like that anymore. Six flag only have rides for adults. I remember all the rides from the early 70s like the duck ride,the boat ride,the sail ride,the turtle ride,the monster ride,the arcade,the water pistol shoting ballon would scare me every time it poped,the yellow slide,the train ride with the nersery rym figures for children to see to the old man statue that sat on the park bench.Thanks so much for the video.

[msnascar19]

WOW.......... Thanks for the memories, It also made me a little sad!!! To bad people dont care anymore.......

[ccg1171]

Your right, if it was opened today it would be ruined, between Fall River & New Bedford with all the gangs & immigrants now no good. Im in Fall River Mass look what happened at the Whaling City fest. 2 years ago they had to shut it early cause of gang fights, no one cares anymore.

[ZeropointZero70]

i remember being there when i was 7 yrs old and when we were leaving, on the ride home my friend's mother told us that Elvis had died. i'm not much of an Elvis fan but if someone asks you where you were when a certain event happened, you immediately make the connection. why the hell don't these parks exist anymore. i feel bad for kids today- they have nowhere to go and nothing to do. maybe that's why they're all stuck sitting around playing video games.

[GymProv]

This is sad. It was a great place. I remember going all the time as a kid. My senior prom was in the Ballroom. Driving by it now, is very sad.

[Shadoesmom]

This is a great video. It brings back fond memories of when my mom's job used to have annual picnics at Lincoln Park. The whole family would go and we'd have so much food! We used to go roller skating and such a blast. I remember I couldn't wait until I was 'this tall' to ride on the roller coaster. Thanks for the memories!

[Mucka500]

Corrie, Excellent job on this video. Lots of work went into this. It was great how you matched the camera angles from the old photo's to what it looks like now. How about that yellow slide... Man that was fun.. We would visit once per summer. Always a highlight of the summer when we were kids. A stop at McCrays for some fried clams on the way... The side entrance was where the whirl (name?) was so the smell around that area was... ah... always unique.

[Cormak]

Thank you so much! I made this video immediately after my first visit back to what is left. I realized I had a few angles that were similar to old photos and that became the theme. I LOVED the yellow slide. It was one of my favorites. I made sure to ride the one at the Big E in Springfield this year and on the way down I got teary eyed. It's a shame what happened to the old place. McCray's II opened for a while in Tiverton using the original receipe. Great food!

[ChristianFitzpatrick]

Wow. That was great. I lived in Fairhaven when I was a kid from 1972 to 1980. I would love going to Lincoln Park each summer. Shame no one seems to have any photos of the flying cars..They were 3 boxes you would get in and swing back and forth like a pendulum. They were over by the entrance to the roller coaster.

[Rosetheribtickler]

The boxes were behind the carosel, not far from the Ferris wheel.

...and for some reason I could never get them "up and over" as many others did.

A great unique ride.

[mr2mike89]

you mean the Monkey Cages...i loved those things, me and my uncle had one going so fast that it didnt stop when the attendant put on the brake...what great memories. thanks for a great video

[odog65]

I wish I had one of those in my backyard I'd love to put 4 masters of the cage in there get in there myself helping it go fast and enjoy the aderline rush from some kinda neck breaking speed

Speed Rocks =)

[grebel82]

@mr2mike89 oh my god the monkey cages! I remember them!

[2BPhyxsius]

I loved that place 1 of my best if not the best memory ever I starting skating there 2 ended up being a fantastic skater thank you LINCOLN PARK I MISS U

[farmcats]

What memories! Well done Cor!

[rfarebrother]

I remerber going to Lincoln Park. It closed when I was 17 years of age. Such as Rocky Point several years after. I miss the diners that we had in Providence too. Soo sad...

[braposo23]

like everything good in rhode island i.e.( rocky point, diners) it all gets taken away to build condos and low income housing or to be left as an abandoned lot