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Resort Construction
The Great Ocean Pier and Pines Hotel was built. The area around Rever Beach was meant to be a resort destination but according to revere.org, due to the "closeness of the tracks to the water at high tide and the number of beach structures, it was not safe." -
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History of Revere Beach
10 important events of Revere Beach *Note that specific dates weren't provided during my research so I will only be providing the year. -
Ownership of the Beach
The Metropolitan Park Commission (MPC) owns nearly three miles of private seacoast land. The tear down any buildings within that mile range for the scenic purposes. The Narrow Gauge Railway, which is now the MBTA Blue Line, is placed 400 miles back. -
Wonderland Park
The park opens this year. It was so popular, it used to be known as the Coney Island of New England. It had popular attractions and rides such as Bluebeard’s Palace, Nautical Gardens, The Pit and the Himalaya. The concept was similar to Disney World's park. -
Wonderland Park Closes
According to reverebeach.org, "because of their aggressive approach to out do previous exhibits and the unpredictable New England weather, its operators suffered great financial difficulty and had to close down." -
The Cyclone is built.
It is built at the cost of $125 thousand. It becomes Revere Beach’s most popular attraction. It was also the countries tallest and fastest amusement ride in the country being 100 ft tall and riding down the tracks at a speed of 50 mph. -
Wonderland Dog Track
Wonderland Park finally reopened after several years, but instead, it was rebuilt as the Wonderland Dog Track, making Revere Beach of what would be considered today, unethical gambling. Today, the dog track is closed down and all that is left of it is an abandoned building. -
Cyclone burned down
The Cyclone burned down, and it was a sign to many people about the downfall of Revere Beach's amusement ride industry. The presence the ride has on Revere Beach today is in MGH Revere where there is a medium-scaled figure of the roller coaster. -
Blizzard of '78
The beach had started to deteriate by the 50s but it was until the Blizzard of '78 when the snow "destroyed many of the surviving pavilions, sidewalks, and amusements and washed away much of the seawall and beach" according to massmoments.org. -
Revere Beach Reopens
After efforts by Revere citizens to restore the beach to its original beauty, the beach finally reopened with replenished sand and restored pavillions. -
100th anniversity
Revere Beach celebrated its 100th anniversity of being a public beach. -
TODAY
Revere beach is not the glorious beach it once was. While poeple of all walks of life still travel to Revere Beach, the people back then were industrious and polite with one another, according the massmoments.org. Today, people are less so, and the beach is more diverse than what it was a hundred years ago. Also, instead of dance pavillions and amusement parks, what's left are bars and restaurants.
