Luna Park, Paris
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Luna Park was an amusement park near Porte Maillot
in Paris, France from 1907 (or 1909) to 1931. Features of the park included a shoot-the-chutes
ride, a scenic railway, "Le Chatouilleur" ("Diabolic wheels", a roller coaster-type ride in which people ride in a car that rocks as it is pulled up a mountain), a river ride through the mountain that was the base of the scenic railway, and a dance hall
. An additional attraction was named the Brooklyn Bridge. Its operating hours were from 1:00 p.m. to midnight.
In 1907, Théodore Vienne
, a wealthy industrialist and sports entrepreneur from Roubaix
, founded the Wonderland Français with Robert Coquelle Robert Coquelle was a journalist and sports promoter. It was he who brought Major Taylor to race. He wrote for Le Velo
and La Vie au Grand Air. He was born around 1870 and died around 1930 and Victor Breyer, a sports stadium at Luna Park. The New York Times
reported in 1913:
Waning popularity, in part due to the worsening global economic conditions, prompted the park ownership to purchase 25 embalmed whales and 100 live penguins for exhibit in 1931. The additional displays did not help: Luna Park closed in the autumn of the same year.
Porte Maillot (Paris Metro)
Porte Maillot is a station on Paris Métro Line 1 and on the RER C. The station replaces another station of the same name, the original terminus of Line 1, which was demolished and moved in 1936....
in Paris, France from 1907 (or 1909) to 1931. Features of the park included a shoot-the-chutes
Shoot-the-Chutes
Shoot-the-Chutes is an amusement ride consisting of a flat-bottomed boat that slides down a ramp or inside a flume into a lagoon. Unlike a log flume, a Shoot-the-Chutes generally has larger boats and one single drop....
ride, a scenic railway, "Le Chatouilleur" ("Diabolic wheels", a roller coaster-type ride in which people ride in a car that rocks as it is pulled up a mountain), a river ride through the mountain that was the base of the scenic railway, and a dance hall
Dance hall
Dance hall in its general meaning is a hall for dancing. From the earliest years of the twentieth century until the early 1960s, the dance hall was the popular forerunner of the discothèque or nightclub...
. An additional attraction was named the Brooklyn Bridge. Its operating hours were from 1:00 p.m. to midnight.
In 1907, Théodore Vienne
Théodore Vienne
Théodore Vienne, also known as Théo Vienne, was a textile manufacturer in Roubaix who with Maurice Perez founded the Paris–Roubaix cycle race in 1896. It is one of the oldest cycle races in the world.Vienne was a sports entrepreneur, building Roubaix velodrome and the town's bullfighting ring...
, a wealthy industrialist and sports entrepreneur from Roubaix
Roubaix
Roubaix is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is located between the cities of Lille and Tourcoing.The Gare de Roubaix railway station offers connections to Lille, Tourcoing, Antwerp, Ostend and Paris.-Culture:...
, founded the Wonderland Français with Robert Coquelle Robert Coquelle was a journalist and sports promoter. It was he who brought Major Taylor to race. He wrote for Le Velo
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and La Vie au Grand Air. He was born around 1870 and died around 1930 and Victor Breyer, a sports stadium at Luna Park. The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
reported in 1913:
Jack JohnsonJack Johnson (boxer)John Arthur Johnson , nicknamed the “Galveston Giant,” was an American boxer. At the height of the Jim Crow era, Johnson became the first African American world heavyweight boxing champion...
, heavyweight champion, was matched to-day to fight Frank MoranFrank MoranCharles Francis "Frank" Moran was an American boxer and film actor who fought twice for the Heavyweight Championship of the World, and appeared in over 135 movies in a 25 year film career.-Sports career:...
in this city during the second week of January, 1914, for the heavyweight championship of the world. Two clubs, the Nouveau Cirque and the Wonderland Francais, are now bidding for the match, and the decision will be made known Saturday.
The Nouveau Cirque, which holds its bouts at the Velodrome d'HiverVélodrome d'hiverThe Vélodrome d'Hiver , colloquially Vel' d'Hiv, was an indoor bicycle racing cycle track and stadium on rue Nélaton, not far from the Eiffel Tower in Paris. As well as track cycling, it was used for ice hockey, wrestling, boxing, roller-skating, circuses, spectaculars, and demonstrations...
in PassyPassyPassy is an area of Paris, France, located in the XVIe arrondissement, on the Right Bank. It is traditionally home to many of the city's wealthiest residents.Passy was formerly a commune...
, will seat 30,000 persons, and it has offered Johnson 50 percent of the gross receipts, with 25 percent for Moran. The Wonderland Club, which is under the control of Theodore Vienne, the leading fight promoter of France, will submit its bid tomorrow. It is said that both parties favor Vienne's club, as the fight would be held in Luna Park, Paris, thereby drawing a great society crowd.
Waning popularity, in part due to the worsening global economic conditions, prompted the park ownership to purchase 25 embalmed whales and 100 live penguins for exhibit in 1931. The additional displays did not help: Luna Park closed in the autumn of the same year.