Park / Singer Park @ Boonton, NJ
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Singer Park was founded in 1899 as "Electric Park", named after the electric light shows that would serve as the park's main attraction. It was intended as summer destination to serve the people living in the surrounding New Jersey suburbs, notably Denville, then a popular spot for wealthy New Yorker's summer homes. 1909 saw the addition of the hand-carved carousel, the park's first ride. It would soon become the park's only attraction however, as the building that housed the light show burned down later in 1909. The park was then purchased and renamed "Singer Park" after the new owner, Charles Singer. In place of the wreckage, a spinning teacups ride and the park's first roller coaster, Pippin, were built. From, 1910 to 1927, the park remained as a modest attraction with the only new addition being the Tilt-a-Whirl in 1920 and the destruction of Pippin in 1923. It was then, in 1927, that renowned engineer Fred Church was commissioned to build a roller coaster. This coaster would become the Aeroplane Coaster, notable for it's high speeds, impressive airtime, and terrifying twists. It was the kick needed to put Singer Park on the map. A junior coaster, the Little Aeroplane, was added in 1938. However, this was the highest point in Singer Park's history. WWII made it impossible to manufacture new attractions. Following the war, American suburbanization surrounded the park and made expansion nearly impossible. To add to the misfortune, Denville had lost it's importance as a town for summer homes. In fiscal dire straits, Singer Park was sold to PepsiCo in 1955. The park was yet again renamed to American Park. The Aeroplane Coaster was also renamed to the PepsiCola Screamer and repainted red and blue. This did little to help the park and in 1963, the park was shut down permanently. While most of the park was sold off, both the Aeroplane Coaster and Little Aeroplane remained until they were finally razed in 1981 for a reason probably. The park's legacy still lives on however. While never confirmed, it is believed that a ride on the Aeroplane Coaster inspired La Monte Young to write Poem for Chairs, Tables, etc. and while never built, Geauga Lake had plans to add an Aeroplane Coaster replica. Many enthusiasts still consider the Aeroplane Coaster one of the best wooden coasters of all time.
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Nice little map here, definitely shows improvement. The building under the break run really fits the old park style and was nice touch.
Just need a bit more patients I feel, everything was a bit rushed, or felt that way. Spending a few more hours on this, especially the foliage and surroundings could have made it a lot better.
It's quite nice, from what I could see anyway. Unfortunately, the save doesn't work properly in vanilla RCT2, so I couldn't see all of it before the game kinda had a seizure. But from the overview, layout looks sexy, and you have some great ideas, you just need a little time to work on the execution. All the buildings kinda felt the same to me, probably because of the roofs. And the foliage needs some underbrush, it looks too bland. But all in all, a nice park. Also, I'm stealing your ideas please understand
nice little park. it glitched out and threw an error trapper really quickly but a lot of improvement. I liked the layout too.
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I thought this was decent, overall it was very clean and the coaster had a good layout. As GammaZero said, the foliage needs work, it's too sparse. I wasn't too sure about Little Aeroplane either, I thought an early Bradley and Kaye steel coaster would've probably fit the bill a bit better.
All in all though it's a nice improvement and I liked it. Work on your foliage and landscaping and I can see great stuff in the future.
I really liked the layout of the coaster and its nearby building. I agree that little Aeroplane was awkward and its station was the weak point of the architecture. Definitely a big improvement from Jew Harp and I would love to see a larger version of this.
I know this is a bump, but where in Boonton was this located? I grew up a few miles from Boonton.