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Wow, I wish I'd known about this place when I was traveling to Philadelphia for work on a routine basis....I'd most definitely have made time for a trip there.

I'm sure there are collectors who would love to purchase abandoned amusment park items. Better than just letting them rot away.

Ken - the 'soap dispenser' is an 'inside' joke based on this pic:
http://opacity.us/imag...rotting_bathroom.htm

I felt the same way, Carla.

The pattern of the peeling paint is odd - straight across at the top and straight down the middle of one wall and then no peeling at all on the other wall.

If this is dj north I was here twice in the 80's and made some wonderful friends and even the staff wendy mathias, kim and joey were the best in the world and done everything they could to help the kids here.. I miss everyone so much because im 40 now and have no idea what happened to all my friends. I wish they would fix it and reopen to children because this place helped make me the person i am today.

Someone I know may or may not have been in this location very recently and though there are signs (mainly on the bottom floor and the workshop) that it has been used for other purposes, it is still largely abandoned. Looks like they intend to do some sort of car repair thing in the back but the main building looked very much like the photos in this album, even ten years later. Some of the offensive graffiti also seems to have been replaced, fortunately. The interesting thing is that even the remnants of more recent uses are creepy - rooms full of holiday decorations in boxes, dozens of penguins including one made to look real that at this point looks like something Edgar Allen Poe might have written about... huge bins of wrapping paper that has never been used, covered in dust, it almost looks like someone just took a whole house and moved everything in here and then left it for years. I'd be very interested to know the story behind the appearance of all this stuff and its subsequent abandonment.

Brings Phantom of the Opera to mind.

I was the 16 yo lifeguard at Sunnycroft during the summer of '69---Woodstock. I have lots of memories including working for Mike Schneider, Steve the waiter, Jimmy "Baccahla" Adducci, Frank in the kitchen, etc When my parents visited, Mike told them that "shveyr arbiter he's not".(not hard working).

I remember the red tractor, Mike's cowboy boots, waiting on the people at the outdoor pool. Not wearing a bathing suit most of the time, especially for the indoor pool. Listening to Led Zep at night. Frank's facial scar, Frank and I going with the cops to Woodstock and eventually quiting to hitchhike around New England. I remember Mom's that stayed with their kids for a month and the husband visiting on weekends. etc.

My email is toooutre @ yahoo . com

Everytime I view a gallery I think it's my favorite. This one is definitely my favorite by any measure. Beautiful, thought provoking, sad, yet inspiring all at the same time. It actually took me three days to view the gallery due to the amount of time spent on each pic and reading the comments. Thank you so very much Mr Motts!!!!

I'm originally from the south where Kudzu takes over everything. Looks like about two years growth, lol.

Oooh, I see the soldier too!
Those are balloons, Eldokid, those are the soap dispensers that someone had asked about earlier.

No, Glenn Dale is not open to the public.

Cool. I see a Lady intervening in an altercation.

I see Toucan Sam, now. Didn't at first but after going back to look, he was so obvious.