More Construction Photos Please!

JW65 · Post by **JW65** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:35 am

Steven,

The most recent home page picture, the construction of the Grand Music Hall building in Santa Clara, is very interesting. I have always been fascinated with seeing construction pictures of Great America. I guess its all about that "before all the hoopla began at the park" that makes it interesting. Amazing too is that the pictures you post are so clear and look new. They were taken almost 30 years ago! Do you have many other construction photos that we have not seen here yet? The close up ones are even more interesting than the aerial ones.

Jeff

redfishpaw · Post by **redfishpaw** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 11:09 am

I'll second that. Jeff is right, I also found th elatest cover photo extremely interesting. It might be nice to have a gallery for construction photos. Most of the construction photos that I have seen are aerials. I also like the shywhirl photos (in the skywhirl gallery) taken of the ride just before it opened.

JW65 · Post by **JW65** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:13 am

Steven,

What new construction photo can you post for us next?

Jeff

JW65 · Post by **JW65** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 8:02 am

Steven,

Thanks for posting the picture of construction of Columbia. It is neat to see.

Post by **steven** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 5:59 pm

Jeff,

You're welcome. I'm glad that you like the new photo!

Steven

JW65 · Post by **JW65** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 12:42 pm

I really like the construction photos Steven. Do you have plans to assemble a special place/folder where construction photos can be looked at on your site?

Post by **steven** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 10:02 pm

Thanks, Jeff, for the further feedback on the construction photos. Eventually, in the history section <http://www.greatamericaparks.com/history.html>, there will be construction photo albums.

Steven

that_guy · Post by **that_guy** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 7:20 pm

Great addition

redfishpaw · Post by **redfishpaw** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 9:05 am

Steven,

Very nice draft site plan for todays cover photo. It's interesting to see how large the pond is around the flumes. Also, It looks like there was a large ship, planned for the center of the pond. There are several large buildings which were not built. One in yankee harbor, by Tidal wave bathrooms. Another is in Yukon territory, in the fort fun area. Also, nothing is shown for TOTC. Very nice drawing. Thank you for posting this.

Post by **steven** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 1:42 pm

Thanks for the feedback on the site plan image. I've had a request for a higher-resolution version. This image, however, comes from a 35mm slide that is not razor-sharp to begin with. That means that on a higher-resolution scan, it is still tough -- and in many places, practically impossible -- to read the "fine print". Nevertheless, you can take a look at a much larger version (approximately 589 KB file size) here for a limited time only:

http://www.greatamericaparks.com/temp/siteplan001a.jpg

Comments?

Steven

jonrev · Post by **jonrev** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 2:19 pm

Just noticed that they were originally going to call Hometown Square 'Hometown USA'.

redfishpaw · Post by **redfishpaw** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 2:20 pm

Very nice. Thanks Steven. I just printed it out on some 11X17 photo paper, it looks pretty good