Chicago Stories: Amusement Parks (2024)

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Synopsis

Shuling’s Role
Director of Photography

Production Company
WTTW

Director
Rachel Pikelny

Executive Producer
Anna Chadwick Gardner

Editor
Michael Buhrow

Director of Photography
Shuling Yong
Oral Berat User

Associate Producer
Ian Bertorelli

Field Lighting
Pat Lenehan
Evan Metz

Thrill-seeking Chicagoans have been lining up at local amusement parks for nearly a 150 years. From the early trolley parks of the nineteenth century, to the famous Ferris wheel of the World’s Fair, to the golden age of roller coasters, to the white-knuckle, gravity-defying rides of the modern age, the business of fun has always been central to Chicago. Beloved parks such as Riverview Park and Kiddieland, among others, served as a beacon for laughter, thrills, and childhood fun for a generation of Chicagoans.