Savin Rock - 1949 Part I

Part One of a Savin Rock amusement park film shot in 1949. Savin Rock was an amusement park located in West Haven, Connecticut.
Much of this video is available on a DVD which can be obtained from the Savin Rock Museum
http://www.savinrockmuseum.com

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Savin
• Rock
• West
• Haven
• Connecticut
• Amusement
• Park

[cnote0187]

I live in West Haven now. Why was the park taken down? I would love to live next to an amusement park!

[mainebones]

Savin Rock amusement park was bulldozed as a result of a process called "redevelopment", popular in the 60's and 70's to get rid of undesirable areas.

The property was taken by eminent domain by a redevelopment commission whose news releases drove down property values.

The expression: "Sometimes you don't know what you have until it's gone" could apply here.

At least the Savin Rock area now has some nice public access space.

[zacker001]

Too bad its not like that there anymore...look how nice it was.. no crooked baseball hats, no baggy pants with the underwear showing.. just folks out for a fun time at the park! Ahh West Haven.. What happened to you?

[Harding42]

Goodness, what memories this brings back .... Went there often in the late 50s (with parents) and early- and mid-60s with dates. Took a girl named Caroline K. there once, fell SO in love with her, but never really had a chance .... I still think of her after all these years. Thanks for posting this video. RB

[lednew2010]

We went here when I was just 5 years old. Didn't go too often since we lived in Bridgeport and had Pleasure Beach so much closer. Amazing though how quickly they all disappeared. First Pleasure Beach, then Savin Rock. At least folks got good footage of Savin Rock. I checked our family movies and though we have a few seconds of my sister at Savin Rock before I was born, there's no footage of Pleasure Beach. I'm almost amazed no film of that park has emerged anywhere yet. Let's hope it does.

[patdthomas]

@zacker001

I couldn't help but notice, not a single overweight person anywhere. Everybody was so thin. And a day at the Rock meant you dressed up. I have such indelible memories of Savin Rock from the early 60's. From the sights, the smells, the sounds, the twinkle of the lights after dark. As close to a magical place as there ever was.

[SouthCoastAQMD]

I visited this place in 1966. it was pretty dumpy with most of the fun stuff closed. I live in Los Angeles now and the Carousel is a Six Flags Magic Mountain about 40 miles away. Was a trip to find it one day.

[SouthCoastAQMD]

I visited this place in 1966. it was pretty dumpy with most of the fun stuff closed. I live in Loa Angeles now and the Carousel is a Six Flags Magic Mountain about 40 miles away. Was a trip to find it one day.

[homotorsports]

At least "Jimmy`s" is still there...

[ishredu]

@koasterkav what happened to the plan to get the carousel back to west haven..I know it was a plan because I donated money to it.

[ishredu]

@rinoman19 no that isn't true

[rinoman19]

i wish there wuz no tornado

[rinoman19]

@cnote0187 i live here now to , they didnt take it down there wuz a tornado

[kandyboston]

Wow, the "Flying Horses." My father, Lynn Reynolds, worked for Peter Franck's Funhouse for years and was part of the crew that readied the horses every year.  I hear they're out in California nowadays. Our birthright, sold out........