Atlanta's Lakewood Fairgrounds - A Brief History
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- Опубликовано: 27 май 2020
- A brief history of Atlanta's Lakewood Fairgrounds which is now the home of EU ScreenGem Studios. Featuring interviews with Ed Spivia, Kris Bagwell, F.H. Boyd Coons and Lee Thomas. Produced by Cool New Media & ZoëTV.
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So many fond memories of going to the fair with my Mom and sister as a child. Thanks for preserving the grounds and buildings.
Back in 1961 seen all the old country music singer that died away but still think how good that place was
So amazing to find how emotional I get over watching this video recalling those fun times at Lakewood Flea Market !
Went there with my Mom, Dad and 4 siblings. We would get "free entry" if all the students got their dental certificates before school started. This would have been between 1952 and 1960. Even rode the coaster for the last time before it was blown up in one of the Smoke & The Bandit movies.
Wow, grew up right around Lakewood Park but moved away, never knew this had happened to it until now....awesome
My best friend, sister and another friend and me went to the Flea market there on a regular basis! We went into every bldg. looked at every antique there among all the other wonderful things there. Miss that, miss my friend more!! 😅
Saw Bucky Simmons win the final Race ever ran at Lakewood in the fall of 1979
I remember going to concerts at the amphitheater and seeing people in the windows of the mall enjoying the shows.
So many great times at the fair in the late 60s.
I remember the raceway as well.
Love that place
No mention of the amphitheater....soo many huge shows there.....the who,metallica,pearl jam......etc..etc..
Rode the Greyhound at the fair as a kid
Spent many weekends and many $$$ at Lakewood antiques. Sure missed the antiques show when it closed.
My wife owned a sno-cone business and sold her sno-cones out of what was called the Jolly Trolley Son-Cone Factory. It was made out of a Cushman buggy. For a few years we would set up at the antique show there. Maybe you remember seeing us?
Sorry, Louie Lowe, I don't remember ever getting a sno cone there. Occasionally got a funnel cake there, though.
I attended the NASCAR races, attended the Fair AND watched the Cypress Gardens Water Ski Show on the lake inside the racetrack. The
My home town
Question. Does anyone here think there's any chance that this fairground could have made it in today's time with Six Flags so close by??
It makes me so sad that the beautiful and historic Greyhound roller coaster is gone. What a treasure it would be had it been preserved. I wish someone could find the blueprints of it, and build a replica.
I wasn't permitted to ride that in the 1960's because parts were falling off it. Fast forward 50 years - imagine what a deathtrap it would be. That ride must have cost a fortune to insure; I'm sure everybody near it celebrated when they blew it to smithereens.
@lauramartin8245 It is truly incredible how old structures can be rebuilt and restored. There is a 1902 roller coaster in Altoona, Pennsylvania called Leap-the-Dips, that was, prior to restoration, basically rotten sawdust and splinters, with entire parts rotted out. (Leap-the-Dips was a different design style, I think called a "side friction," a precurser to our modern coasters, but still a roller coaster.) That ride was successfully restored and returned to its original state, and re-opened only a few years ago. Certainly, restoration is critical for obvious safety reasons, but the possibilities can be surprisingly successful.
Use to go here when I was a little girl I wish it would open back up
Not far from where I live. The guy is right Atlanta is not known for preserving history and I hate that about my hometown.
General Sherman destroyed the oldest parts of Atlanta. Georgia was readmitted to the Union in July 1868 and reconstruction began. If you really want to see old America, visit New England.
Burt and Jackie made that place famous
dont forget lester maddox george wallace kkk rally in 1964 for jim crow