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Pontchartrain Beach Amusement Park

6500 Elysian Fields Avenue, New Orleans, LA
📅 1939–1983🏛️ Amusement ParkDemolished
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Pontchartrain Beach Amusement Park, 6500 Elysian Fields Avenue, New Orleans, LA
Pontchartrain Beach Amusement Park, New Orleans (1940s) · Hirschowitz, New Orleans, public domain via Wikimedia Commons

The story

New Orleans' beloved lakefront playground closed with a farewell concert featuring Fats Domino.

Everything that was here

Connected places

Werlein's for Music

New Orleans, LA
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Nearby history

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