By Unknown but presumably submitted by Time Town to the Lake George Guide - Original publication: Lake George Guide. “It was a park where history, past, present and future came alive,” Margaret Mannix, Lake George historian, said of the park known as Time Town built by Ted Yund.Īdvertisement for Time Town in Bolton Landing. Once in the hamlet of Bolton Landing, the nostalgic sound of the "Star Wars" main title echoed in the hilltops, welcoming visitors who followed the small sign that led up Coolidge Hill Road to the 1970’s era time-themed amusement park. The “Gay Nineties” theme park was demolished in 2010 and has since been turned into Charles R. “It was a town in itself and it was a fun time, the best time for so many people.” Wood liked loyalty with his employees and he kept hiring back the same people,” Carroll, who met his wife at the park, said. daily from June to September.Ĭarroll returned to the main stage every summer for 20 years until the park stopped hiring its performers and lost its charm as a midway for extravagant entertainment. Alluring ice performances and outdoor shows with lions and tigers filled the entertainment schedule, which ran from 2 p.m. Wood, who developed several theme parks in upstate New York. Gaslight Village was built in 1959 by Charles R. (This week, a demolition crew was leveling Water Slide World to make way for a housing development on the southern edge of Lake George.) Inundated with high costs and competition from nearby attractions, Gaslight Village wasn’t the first theme park in the Lake George region to meet its end by a wrecking ball – and it certainly wasn’t the last. “It was the type of entertainment you could only find in Las Vegas,” Bob Carroll, former Gaslight Village magician and ventriloquist, said regarding the park's Vaudeville-inspired entertainment.
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