#roller coaster
Nan on a roller coaster (by Vodafone Firsts)
Ben Hur Racer, Fraser’s Million Dollar Pier (Santa Monica), 1914
The Ben Hur Racer roller coaster was built as a part of the second incarnation of Fraser’s Million Dollar Pier. (A massive fire destroyed the first incarnation of the amusement park in 1912.) Ironically, this roller coaster was destroyed in a fire in 1915, a year after Million Dollar Pier re-opened.
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Augustus Waters: I’m on a roller coaster that only goes up.
Hazel Grace Lancaster: And it is my privilege and responsibility to ride all the way up with you.
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- John Green, The Fault In Our Stars
The Comet, Coney Island, New York City 1940.
At one point, Coney Island had 11 roller coasters. The cylone was razed by Robert Moses as part of his modernization of the area. He derisively referred to amusements like roller coasters as “mechanical gadget” amusements and claimed modern visitors preferred the beach to the amusement areas. The only Roller coaster to survive is the Cyclone, which is now part of the new Luna Park. The original Luna Park burned down in 1944.
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We did it, we made it to the end of 2020. We’ll start the 2021 experience in a few hours.
Good bye 2020!
Happy new year!!!
