Remembering Beverly Park

The City of West Hollywood Presents

Remembering Beverly Park An exhibition at the West Hollywood Library

Featuring photographs from the book

Beverly Park: The Kiddieland that Inspired Walt Disney

by Jay Jennings

On view through February 11, 2020 during regular library hours

M-TH 11AM-7PM FR-SA 10AM-6PM SU 1PM-5PM Closed holidays

West Hollywood Library 625 N. San Vicente Blvd.

West Hollywood, CA 90069

Presented by the City of West Hollywood’s Arts Divsion City of West Hollywood California 1984

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Beverly Park holds a special place in the hearts of local Los Angeles area natives who frequented this special amusement park from 1943 to 1974.

Located at the corner of Beverly and La Cienega Boulevards on the border of West Hollywood where the Beverly Center now stands, it was a unique experience that touched the lives of anyone who ever went there. It was best known for its canopied birthday parties, but it was just as popular for the park’s entertaining thrill rides, celebrity sightings and as a place where divorced parents took their kids on weekends.

Beverly Park had a magnetic appeal to it, resulting in generations of families going there to enjoy the carnival-like atmosphere, complete with Ferris wheel, merry-go-round, boat ride, roller coaster, and haunted castle, all the while captivating children from all walks of life into coming back, week after week, for more than 30 years. The photographs in the exhibit were provided by Jay Jennings, from his book Beverly Park: The Kiddieland that Inspired Walt Disney, and are from the personal archives of Dave Bradley, the owner of Beverly Park. Jay Jennings is an author, filmmaker and amusement park historian whose other books include: Knott’s Berry Farm: The Early Years and Bob McAllister’s Wonderama.

Join the City of West Hollywood’s Arts Division for a WeHo Reads Event Featuring a book launch for Beverly Park: The Kiddieland that Inspired Walt Disney

Tuesday, February 12, 2019 7-8pm West Hollywood Library Community Meeting Room Free admission. To RSVP visit weho.org/wehoreads

For more info on this event or the Library exhibition please contact Mike Che, Arts Coordinator, at mche@weho.org

Presented by the City of West Hollywood’s Arts Divsion City of West Hollywood California 1984

weho.org/arts @WeHoCity @WeHoArts