Page 61: Canals of Venice, Dreamland

Page 61 of Coney Island - The People's Playground: Canals of Venice, Dreamland

Photograph of the Canals of Venice in Dreamland Park

One of Coney Island's three main amusement parks, Dreamland, established in 1904, was considered more "refined, orderly and symmetrical" than Luna Park and Steeplchase Park. Bankruptcy forced the owners to auction off the park in 1910 before a fire completely destroyed the park in 1911.