Freedomland was a theme park that aspired to greatness, but was undone almost as soon as it began.
by Rich Watson
In the northeast corner of the Bronx, where Co-Op City resides, there once was an amusement park that for a brief time in the sixties, challenged Disneyland in popularity.
Freedomland USA sought to bring America’s past, however selective and biased, to life in a variety of rides, attractions and reenactments. At eighty-five acres, it was presented as the world’s biggest entertainment center.
So why didn’t it survive?
