A Time For Mickey Mouse

August, 1989

A Time For Mickey MouseI Remember Riverview. This vast amusement park was located on Chicago's North Side. It was magnificent, dangerous and thrilling. There were freak shows; there was the renowned Bobs roller coaster, built as the fastest in the world; there was the Rotor, a room-sized cylinder in which one stood back against the wall and was spun around, while the floor dropped away; there was the parachute jump, the symbol of Riverview and visible for miles.There was illicit gambling, one co...