Luna Park is a name shared by dozens of currently operating and defunct amusement parks that have opened on every continent except Antarctica since 1903.
History [ ]
The first to use the name was the second major amusement park at Coney Island, designed by Charles I.D. Looff , who subsequently designed Seattle, Washington's Luna Park , which opened in 1907. The spaceship in the Pan-American Exposition ride "A Trip to the Moon" gave its name to these parks... and to dozens that followed over the next century.[1] [2]
In 1905, Frederick Ingersoll was already making a reputation for his pioneering work in roller coaster construction and design (he also designed scenic railroad rides) when he opened Luna Parks in Pittsburgh and Cleveland , the first two amusement parks to be covered with electric lighting (the former was adorned with 67,000 light bulbs;[3] the Cleveland park had 50,000[4] ). Ultimately he opened 44 Luna Parks around the world, the first chain of amusement parks.
Despite the death of Ingersoll in 1927 and the closing of most of his Luna Parks, the name's popularity continued with newer parks with the name opening with regularity. As a result, "Lunapark" now translates into "amusement park" in Bulgarian, Croatian, Dutch, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, and Turkish.
List of Luna Parks [ ]
Luna Park is the name of numerous amusement parks, from the Coney Island original, to the over 40 Luna Parks designed and constructed by Frederick Ingersoll, to amusement parks which received their names after Ingersoll's death in 1927. For a short time, Ingersoll renamed his parks Ingersoll's Luna Park to distinguish them from the Luna Parks to which he had no connection.[5]
In Africa [ ]
Name
Location
In operation
Notes
Luna Park, Obala [6]
Obala , Cameroon
? to present
In Asia [ ]
Luna Park, Beirut
The Luna Park Tel Aviv is a currently operating amusement park in Israel
Night photograph of original Tsutentaku Tower overlooking Luna Park, Osaka in 1912.
The Main Tower of the first Luna Park at Coney Island, ca. 1905. Many subsequent amusement parks would have their own "towers".
Name
Location
In operation
Notes
Luna Park, Abha
Saudi Arabia
? to present
Part of the Abha Palace complex[7]
Alanya Lunapark [8]
Near Alanya , Turkey
? to present
Luna Park, Baku [9]
Baku , Azerbaijan
2000 to present
Luna Park, Beirut
Beirut , Lebanon
? to present
Luna Park, Bombay [10]
Mumbai , India
Designed and built by Ingersoll
Bostanci Luna Park
Bostancı , Turkey
? to present
Eski Luna Park
Near Balıkesir , Turkey
? to present
Luna Park, Cairo [11]
Heliopolis , Egypt
1911 to 1915
Was the first in Africa and the Middle East .[12] On 19 January 1915, buildings and grounds were converted into Australian Auxiliary Hospital at Luna Park for World War I .;[13] the hospital was closed 10 July 1916[14]
Girne Lunapark
Near İzmir , Turkey
? to present
Luna Grand Park [15]
Haifa , Israel
2002 to present
Closed after five months due to poor attendance following a religious boycott[16] and reopened after negotiations with the local religious community.[17]
Luna Park, Hong Kong [18]
North Point , Hong Kong
1949 to 1954
Amusement park, cinema and nightclub complex
Lunapark, Mersin
Mersin , Turkey
? to present
Luna Park, Nazilli
Nazilli , Turkey
? to present
Luna Park, Osaka [19]
Osaka , Japan
1919 to 1923
Also known as Shinsekai Luna Park[20]
Luna Park, Sincan
Sincan , Turkey
? to present
Luna Park, Tehran
Tehran , Iran
1970s to 1980
Reopened in 1988 as Shahr-e Bazi ; closed 2007 to make room for new highway[21]
Luna Park, Tel Aviv [22] [23]
Tel Aviv , Israel
? to present
Luna Park, Tokyo
Tokyo , Japan
1910 to 1911
Burned down in 1911[24] [25]
Luna Park, Yerevan
Yerevan , Armenia
? to present
In Europe [ ]
Aerial view of Luna Park, Berlin in 1935.
Postcard showing mountain railroad at Luna Park, Leipzig .
Aerial view of Lunapark Sowinski near Władysławowo , Poland, in 2009
Name
Location
In operation
Notes
Luna Park, Aidonakia
Athens , Greece
? to present
Constructed by Ingersoll. Also known as "Ta Aidonaka"[26]
Luna Park, Berlin
Berlin , Germany
1909 to 1933
In its time, it was the largest amusement park in Europe[27]
Luna Park, Budapest [28] [29]
Budapest , Hungary
? to present
Luna Park, Cap d'Agde [30]
Cap d'Agde , France
? to present
Luna Park, Cologne [31]
Cologne , Germany
1909 to 1927
LunEur [32] [33]
Near Rome , Italy
1953 to 2008
Fantasia Luna Park
Near Faliraki , Greece
2003 to present
Lunapark Fréjus [34]
Fréjus , France
? to present
Luna Park Funfair
Near Scarborough , United Kingdom
? to present
Luna Park, Geneva [35] [36]
Le Parc des Eaux Vives alongside Lake Geneva , Switzerland
1912 to 1918
Luna Park, Hamburg-Altona
Near Hamburg , Germany
1913, and again 1917 to 1923
International Luna Park
Near Athens , Greece
? to present
Luna Park, La Palmyre
La Palmyre , France
? to present
Luna Park, Larnaca
Larnaca , Cyprus
? to present
Now known as Lucky Star Park [37]
Luna Park, Leipzig
Leipzig , Germany
1911 to 1932
Luna Park, Lisbon [38]
Lisbon , Portugal
Designed and built by Ingersoll
Lunapark, Łódź [39]
Łódź , Poland
? to present
Luna Park, London
London , UK
Luna Park, Madrid [40]
Madrid , Spain
Designed and built by Ingersoll
Luna Park, Milan
Near Milan , Italy
1965 to present
Name was changed 11 April 2004 to Luna Europark Idroscalo Milano [41]
Luna Park, Moscow [42]
Moscow , Russia
1993 to present
Officially called "Luna Park Carrousel."
Luna Park, Nice
Nice , France
? to present
Luna Park, Paris [43]
Paris , France
1909 to 1931
Lunapark, Prague
Prague , Czech Republic
? to present
Luna Park, Rome [44]
Rome , Italy
? to 1930s
Designed and built by Ingersoll
Luna Park, St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg , Russia
1916 to 1924
Luna Park, Skopje
Skopje , Republic of Macedonia
Lunapark Sowinski
Near Władysławowo , Poland
2006 to present
In North America [ ]
Comedian Fatty Arbuckle riding The Whip in Luna Park, Coney Island , as shown in the 1917 motion picture Coney Island
Postcard photo of Luna Park, Seattle entrance bridge.
Name
Location
In operation
Notes
Luna Park, Arlington
Arlington , USA
1906 to 1915
Designed and built by Ingersoll. Some sources refer to it as Luna Park, Washington or Luna Park, Washington DC .[45] [46]
Luna Park, Baltimore
Baltimore , USA
Luna Park, Buffalo
Buffalo , USA
1904 to 1920
Designed and built by Ingersoll. Damaged by fire 14 July 1909[47] Originally Carnival Court, became Athletic Park before closing[48]
Luna Park, Charleston [49] [50] [51]
Charleston , USA
1912 to 1923
Luna Park, Chicago
Chicago , USA
1907 to 1911
Owned by James "Big Jim" O'Leary , boxing promoter who was son of Mrs. O'Leary of Great Chicago Fire fame[52] [53] [54] [55] [56]
Luna Park, Cleveland
Cleveland , USA
1905 to 1929
Designed by Ingersoll. Former site of Luna Bowl stadium for American football and Negro League baseball games[57]
Luna Park, Coney Island
New York , USA
1903 to 1944
First Luna Park and forerunner of amusement park chain[58]
Luna Park, Coney Island (2010)
New York , USA
Constructed on the site of the former Astroland.
Luna Park, Denver
Denver , USA
1908 to 1914
Constructed on the site of the first US amusement park west of the Mississippi River , known as Manhattan Beach (1881–1908)[59]
Luna Park, Detroit
Detroit , USA
1906 to 1927
Was actually named Electric Park but also called Luna Park, Riverview Park, and Granada Park (Ingersoll Amusement Center was a separate park[60] )
Luna Park, Honolulu [61]
Honolulu , USA
Designed and built by Ingersoll.
Luna Park, Houston [62]
Houston , USA
1924 to c. 1934
Luna Park, Hull [63]
Hull , Canada
1925 to 1928
Luna Park, Johnstown
Johnstown , USA
Originally Roxbury Park; renamed Luna Park in 1905; sold to Johnstown in 1922; renamed Roxbury Park[64]
Luna Park, Los Angeles
Los Angeles , USA
1911 to 1914
Was Chutes Park 1900-1910[65] [66]
Luna Park, Mansfield [67] [68] [69]
Mansfield , USA
Also known as Casino Park
Luna Park, Mexico City [70]
Mexico City , Mexico
1906 to ?
Designed by Ingersoll. On the same site as Luna Loca .[71]
Luna Park, Olcott Beach [72] [73]
New York , USA
1898 to 1926
Destroyed by fire in 1927[74]
Luna Park, Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh , USA
1905 to 1909
Was first of the Ingersoll Luna Parks and first amusement park to be covered with electric lighting[75]
Luna Park, Portland
Portland , USA
Luna Park, San Jose [76]
San Jose , USA
1910 to 1916
Included a baseball stadium that served as home for the San Jose Prune Pickers and San Jose Bears of the California State League .[77]
Luna Park, Schenectady [78]
Rexford , USA
1901 to 1933
Designed and built by Ingersoll. Was also known as Dolle's Park, Colonnade Park, Palisades Park, and Rexford Park[79] [80] [81] [82] [83]
Luna Park, Scranton
Scranton , USA
1906 to 1916
Constructed by Ingersoll.[84] [85] Most of grounds now covered by Interstate 81 .
Luna Park, Seattle
Seattle , USA
1907 to 1913
Designed by Looff.[86]
Luna Park, Sylvan Beach
New York , USA
Absorbed by nearby Carnival Park[87] [88]
Luna Park, West Hartford [89] [90] [91]
West Hartford , USA
1906 to 1930
Name changed from White City just before the park's grand opening.
Luna Park, Wheeling
Wheeling , USA
In Oceania [ ]
Luna Park, Melbourne entrance
Luna Park, Sydney entrance
Name
Location
In operation
Notes
Luna Park Glenelg
Glenelg , Australia
1930 to 1934
Closed due to objections of local populace to Sunday operations and expansion plans;[92] moved to Milsons Point (1935) and became Luna Park Sydney.
Luna Park, Melbourne [93]
Melbourne , Australia
1912 to present
Designed and built by Ingersoll. Oldest operational Luna Park.
Luna Park, Redcliffe [94]
Redcliffe , Australia
1944 to 2005
Luna Park, Sydney
Sydney , Australia
1935 to present
Originally known as Luna Park Milsons Point[95]
Luna Park, Scarborough [96]
Scarborough , Australia
1936 to 1972
In South America [ ]
Name
Location
In operation
Notes
Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires , Argentina
Designed and built by Ingersoll. Became site of a sports arena built 1931-1934[97]
Luna Park, Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
? to 2006
Now used to store portable amusement rides by owner Orlando Orfei ; often called Luna Park, Nova Iguaçu
Lunapark, Lima
Lima , Peru
? to 2007
References [ ]
↑ Dale Samuelson, AJP Samuelson, and Wendy Yegoiants, The American Amusement Park ISBN 0-7603-0981-7
↑ Coney Island's success with electronic attractions and rides also inspired a proliferation of parks named Electric Park (Samuelson, Samuelson, Yegoiants, The American Amusement Park ).
↑ Jim Futrell, Amusement Parks of Pennsylvania (Flagpole Books, 2002) ISBN 0-8117-2671-1
↑ Luna Park's luminary: Entrepreneur/roller coaster designer deserves his due - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , 1 September 2008
↑ Robet Cartmell, The Incredible Scream Machine (Popular Press 1987) ISBN 0-87972-342-4
↑ Cameroon:The Centre and East - listing on Columbus World Travel Guide]
↑ Description of Luna Park, Abha from official site
↑ Official site - Alanya Lunapark
↑ Luna Park Baku site
↑ Robet Cartmell, The Incredible Scream Machine (Popular Press 1987) ISBN 0-87972-342-4
↑ Magda Baraka, The Egyptian Upper Class Between Revolutions, 1919-1952 (Garnet & Ithaca Press 1998) ISBN 0-86372-230-X
↑ Yasser Elsheshtawy, Planning Middle Eastern Cities: An Urban Kaleidoscope in an Urbanizing World (Routledge 2004) ISBN 0-415-30400-8
↑ Peter Rees, Other Anzacs: Nurses at War 1914-1918 (Allen & Unwin 2009) ISBN 1-74175-549-2
↑ Casualty Clearance (2) - ANZAC Day Commemoration Committee (Queensland) Incorporated, 2005
↑ official site - Luna Grand Park
↑ Luna Grand Park in Haifa Shuts Down - Dei'ah veDibur, 22 May 2002
↑ Luna Grand Park listing in Roller Coaster Database showing reopening of park
↑ Luna Park, Hong Kong - Gwulo: Old Hong Kong
↑ From Kansas to Osaka: The Evolution of the Billiken
↑ History of Shinsekai
↑ Part of Tehran Funfair Will Become Women's Park - Iran-Daily 26 June 2006
↑ Luna Park Tel-Aviv site
↑ Twenty evacuated from stalled roller coaster - rideaccidents.com
↑ Sakutarō Hagiwara and Robert Epp, Rats Nests:The Collected Poetry of Hagiwara Sakutarō (Yakusha, 1993) ISBN 1-880276-40-2
↑ Miodrag Mitrasinovic, Total Landscape, Theme Parks, Public Space (Ashgate Publishing 2006) ISBN 0-7546-4333-6
↑ Luna Park's luminary: Entrepreneur/roller coaster designer deserves his due - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , 1 September 2008
↑ Claudia Puttkammer/ Sacha Szabo: Gruß aus dem Luna-Park. Eine Archäologie des Vergnügens. Freizeit- und Vergnügungsparks Anfang des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts. WVB, Berlin, 2007, ISBN 978-3-86573-248-4 (in German)
↑ Budapest tra battelli, canali e locali galleggianti - "Budapest between vessels, channels and local floating" (in Italian), Viaggi24, 1 May 2009
↑ Travelling Women: Budapest - (in Italian)
↑ Official site: Luna Park Cap d'Agde (in French)
↑ Regina Dahmen-Ingenhoven and Kristin Feireiss, Animation: Form Follows Fun (Birkhäuser 2004) ISBN 3-7643-6631-1
↑ SCHEDA ANALITICA DEI PARCHI DEL DIVERTIMENTO EUROPEI/DATA ANALYSIS OF THE PARKS ENTERTAINMENT EUROPE - F Erlebnispark (in Italian)
↑ Entry in Roller Coaster Data Base - closed April 2008
↑ French Fun Park Bans the Electric Chair - Der Spiegel Online, 22 August 2008
↑ Roland Fuller and Allen Levy, The Bassett-Lowke Story (Taylor & Francis, 1984) ISBN 0-904568-34-2
↑ Eaux-Vives (in French), City of Geneva 2007
↑ Lucky Star Park site
↑ Robet Cartmell, The Incredible Scream Machine (Popular Press 1987) ISBN 0-87972-342-4
↑ Template:Official website
↑ Robet Cartmell, The Incredible Scream Machine (Popular Press 1987) ISBN 0-87972-342-4
↑ History of Luna Euro Park (in italian)
↑ History of Moscow parks - Carrousel.ru (official site)
↑ Order - Time (magazine) 16 February 1931
↑ Robet Cartmell, The Incredible Scream Machine (Popular Press 1987) ISBN 0-87972-342-4
↑ Pictoral History of Arlington, Virginia
↑ Luna Park Arlington entry at NorVAPics
↑ "Buffalo Luna Park Damaged by Fire",New York Times 15 July 1909
↑ Jim Futrell, Amusement Parks of New York (Stackpole Books 2006) ISBN 0-8117-3262-2
↑ 20th Century Images: Cooling Off at Luna Park - Charleston Gazette , 8 September 2008
↑ Pictures of Charleston WV Luna Park
↑ Annual Report of the State Health Department of West Virginia 1920/21 (State of West Virginia 1921)
↑ Perry Duis, Challenging Chicago: Coping with Everyday Life, 1837-1920 (University of Illinois Press 1998) ISBN 0-252-02394-3
↑ Reports of Cases Determined in the Appellate Courts of Illinois: Edwin C. Day vs. Luna Park Company and James O'Leary , Gen. No. 16,480 - Harvard Press, 1913: Ruling of an appeal of a case involving Luna Park, Chicago, and a concessionaire who declared bankruptcy in 1908. Case was filed in 1909, ruled and appealed in 1910, with the ruling of the appeal in 1912... the year after Luna Park itself was shut down.
↑ Jazz Age Chicago - Urban Leisure from 1893 to 1945
↑ Lauren Rabinovitz, For the Love of Pleasure: Women, Movies, and Culture in Turn-of-the-Century Chicago (Rutgers University Press 1998) ISBN 0-8135-2534-9
↑ Perry Duis, Challenging Chicago: Coping with Everyday Life, 1837-1920 (University of Illinois Press 1998) ISBN 0-252-02394-3
↑ Robet Cartmell, The Incredible Scream Machine (Popular Press 1987) ISBN 0-87972-342-4
↑ Robet Cartmell, The Incredible Scream Machine (Popular Press 1987) ISBN 0-87972-342-4
↑ Sloan's Lake Century
↑ Robet Cartmell, The Incredible Scream Machine (Popular Press 1987) ISBN 0-87972-342-4
↑ Robet Cartmell, The Incredible Scream Machine (Popular Press 1987) ISBN 0-87972-342-4
↑ Luna Park (Houston) - Houstonian
↑ Luna Park, Hull entry in "Closed Canadian Parks" - Coaster Enthusiasts of Canada
↑ Randy G. Whittle, Johnstown, Pennsylvania: A History (History Press) 2005, ISBN 1-59629-051-X
↑ Chutes & Luna Park - Venice, California History Site
↑ Wells Drury and Aubrey Drury, California Tourist Guide and Handbook: Authentic Description of Routes of Travel and Points of Interest in California (Western Guidebook 1913)
↑ Diane DeMali Francis, Ohio's Amusement Parks in Vintage Postcards (Arcadia Publishing 2002), ISBN 0-7385-1997-9
↑ Timothy Brian McKee, Mansfield in Vintage Postcards (Arcadia Publishing 2003), ISBN 0-7385-3172-3
↑ Summer Parks - New York Clipper, 5 May 1907
↑ Jim Futrell, Amusement Parks of Pennsylvania (Flagpole Books, 2002) ISBN 0-8117-2671-1
↑ Luna Park's luminary: Entrepreneur/roller coaster designer deserves his due - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , 1 September 2008
↑ Jim Futrell, Amusement Parks of New York (Stackpole Books 2006) ISBN 0-8117-3262-2
↑ Ad in 20 July 1906 edition of New York Times
↑ Avis A. Townsend, Newfane and Olcott (Arcadia Publishing 2005) ISBN 0-7385-3722-5
↑ Luna Park's luminary: Entrepreneur/roller coaster designer deserves his due - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , 1 September 2008
↑ Wells Drury and Aubrey Drury, California Tourist Guide and Handbook: Authentic Description of Routes of Travel and Points of Interest in California (Western Guidebook 1913)
↑ Minor League Park History - Luna Park - Society for American Baseball Research
↑ Some sources refer to it as Luna Park, Clinton Park when not calling it by its longest-used (and most recent) name, Rexford Park
↑ Susan Rosenthal, Schenectady (Arcadia Publishing 1999) ISBN 0-7385-0339-8
↑ Rexford Ramble page
↑ John L. Scherer, Clifton Park (Arcadia Publishing 1996), ISBN 0-7385-5461-8
↑ Pictures of Rexford Park (Luna Park) ca. 1906, 1920, 1926 - CDLC Digital Collections
↑ The Way We Were - Town of Clifton Park - Saratoga County (New York) official site
↑ Luna Park, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA - defunctparks.com
↑ Cheryl A. Kashuba, Darlene Miller-Lanning, and Alan Sweeney, Scranton (Arcadia Publishing 2005) ISBN 0-7385-3859-0
↑ Alki Beach Park : former site of Seattle Luna Park - official Seattle Parks and Recreation page
↑ Jim Futrell, Amusement Parks of New York (Stackpole Books 2006) ISBN 0-8117-3262-2
↑ Brandy Ann, Around Sylvan Beach (Arcadia Publishing 2008) ISBN 0-7385-5656-4
↑ Connecticut History Online - Luna Park West Hartford
↑ Picture of entrance - Connecticut History Online
↑ As town's 150th nears, residents share memories - Pam Shearer, WestHartfordNews.com, 5 December 2003
↑ A Time Line of All You Need to Know in Luna Park Sydney and Everything Else
↑ Luna Park's luminary: Entrepreneur/roller coaster designer deserves his due - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , 1 September 2008
↑ Redcliffe Historical Timeline - Moreton Bay Regional Council
↑ Sam Marshall, Luna Park - Just for fun , 2nd edition. Sydney, Australia: Luna Park Sydney Pty Ltd. (2005) ISBN 0-646-44807-2
↑ A Time Line of All You Need to Know in Luna Park Sydney and Everything Else
↑ Robet Cartmell, The Incredible Scream Machine (Popular Press 1987) ISBN 0-87972-342-4