Riverview Park was an amusement park that ran from 1904 to1967. It was Chicago’s first amusement park. It was billed as the world’s largest Amusement Park throughout its 64-year popularity. To many it was a rite of passage and their earliest child hood memories. It was a place of fabulous family outings, a magical kingdom where good friends could go for a terrific time, and eventually a romantic spot. Riverview was located on Western …showed first 75 words of 1587 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1587 total…Chicago politics. Today, Riverview is nothing more that woods, trees, and leafs. It is also the site of a police station and a shopping center called Riverview Plaza. If not for the sign on the mall entrance you would not have even guessed that there once was an amusement park right under your own feet. Today, Riverview still lives on in the memories that were fortunate enough to experience it and “laugh their troubles away!”