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Playland (also known as Playland-at-the-Beach and Whitney's Playland, beginning in 1928 [1] – some say 1926 [2]) was a 10-acre (40,000-square-meter) seaside amusement park located next to Ocean Beach, in the Richmond District at the western edge of San Francisco, California, along Great Highway, bounded by Balboa and Fulton streets. [1]
The Florida version was built right Nextdoor to E.T. Adventure, and was part of the World Expo (formerly Expo Circle) area, until 1999, when it became part of Woody Woodpecker's KidZone, alongside other attractions like Curious George Goes to Town, A Day in the Park with Barney, E.T. Adventure, Animal Actors Stage, and Woody Woodpecker’s ...
It became popular during the 1920s and spread quickly from coast to coast, as evidenced in pictures of Chutes at the Beach in San Francisco, a park that operated from 1903 - 1928 (when it became Playland at the Beach). Over a century later, there are still a handful of locations that are in operation, mostly in the Northeastern US.
Coyote Point Park, San Mateo: 1922–1923 Pacific Ocean Park: Santa Monica: 1958–1967 Pierpoint Landing: Long Beach: 1948–1972 The Pike: Long Beach: 1902–1979 Playland at the Beach: San Francisco: 1913–1972 Rock-A-Hoola Waterpark: Newberry Springs: 1962–2004 Formerly Lake Dolores Waterpark Santa's Village: Lake Arrowhead: 1955–1998
Tuck then made the decision to turn the building into a museum dedicated to fun. After eight years of design work and construction, Playland-Not-At-The-Beach opened on May 31, 2008. Playland-Not-At-The-Beach was featured on the local San Francisco television show Eye on the Bay on November 23, 2009. [4]
The museum's move sparked protests by San Francisco locals. An online petition was created opposing it, with over 12,000 signatures. Many of the protesters believed that the money was unavailable to fund the move and renovations, and many had strong feelings about the museum's historical and nostalgic significance from its history at Playland ...
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This version went to number eleven on the Hot 100, number four on the Easy Listening chart, [7] and number 17 in Canada. [8] According to Allmusic, there have been over 700 versions of the song. [9] As of 2010, on the online music site www.lala.com, there were 161 listed albums or singles containing the song "Whispering".