Riverview Park was an early amusement park in Baltimore, Maryland, located off Broening Parkway in the area known as Point Breeze. The park began operating in 1890 and featured a roller coaster, water attractions, and live shows and concerts.[1]
Future ragtime legends Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle met, and began their songwriting partnership, while working at Riverview Park.[2]
The park closed in 1929, and the property was sold at auction to Western Electric, who constructed a plant on the site. The area was later redeveloped for other industrial use; no known artifacts are believed to survive.[3]
References
edit- ^ Zajac, Mary K. (August 2007). "Wild Ride". Baltimore Style Magazine. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
- ^ Schaaf, Elizabeth (1999). "The Storm is Passing Over". The Archives of the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
- ^ Adam Paul and Ira Wexler. "Amusement as Close as the Car Line". Retrieved 30 August 2012.
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