Luna Park emerged on the north end of Alki Beach during the golden age of American amusement parks. Billed as "the Nation's Greatest Playground on the Pacific Coast," the park introduced the city to a host of novel attractions. Pleasure-seekers rode shimmering horses, thundered down the roller coaster, and marveled at daredevils and sideshows. There were games to be played, prizes to be won. Thousands swam in the waters of its natatorium and twirled across the floor of its dance hall. The park's glittering nighttime display shone across the bay and arrested the attention of the city. Though open only briefly, Luna Park remains a vibrant piece of Seattle's history.

Luna Park: Season I -- this is where the mystery begins. If you live or ever have lived in the greater Seattle area, this novel will captivate you and make you want to see it on the screen. Most of the novel is set in Seattle and other places in the Pacific Northwest -- Mount Rainier, Lake Tapps, the Des Moines Marina, Mercer Island, Green Lake, Alki Beach, the Tacoma Tide Flats, and of course -- Luna Park. The novel's characters either live in the Seattle area or are drawn to the Seattle area by the events in the book. More than that, however, and this is where you come in -- the characters in this novel will not be fulfilled until the reader joins them and helps them unravel the mystery of Luna Park. So jump into the book and hang around in Seattle for a while -- get to know these people! After all -- they can't live without you.

Seattle may not be as old as some would expect from a haunted city. But it has a large number of haunted sites and stories. Spooked in Seattle will lead readers on a journey through Seattle’s neighborhoods and reveal the city's public locations, history, and tales of strange encounters. For those who love to venture off into corners in search of ghosts and the unknown, this book will set readers forth in the right direction. Spooked in Seattle features more than 150 haunted locations, historic and contemporary photos, top ten questions about ghosts, Seattle's top ten most haunted places, location maps and addresses, Seattle history and haunted facts, Seattle cemeteries and tombstone symbols, and more. Spooked in Seattle presents many locations throughout the city that are believed to be haunted, claim to have ghosts, or have undergone investigation. All of these stories are broken down into sections based on the city’s neighborhoods with corresponding addresses to make finding them easier for the ghost enthusiasts. Maps and photos help bring to life the locations, making the Seattle ghosthunting experience easy and enjoyable.

Your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Emerald City has to offer!

One of America's youngest big cities, Seattle has already seen a lot of growth and change in 160 years. Stunning buildings came up (and sometimes down). Parks were built on shipping docks, oil terminals, and airspace above a freeway. And despite Seattle's nature-loving reputation, its landscape was raised, lowered, and reshaped. Explore dozens of altered places throughout the Jet City with Clark Humphrey, author of Arcadia's popular Vanishing Seattle and Seattle's Belltown.

Detailed and timely information on accommodations, restaurants, and local attractions highlight these updated travel guides, which feature all-new covers, a two-color interior design, symbols to indicate budget options, must-see ratings, multi-day itineraries, Smart Travel Tips, helpful bulleted maps, tips on transportation, guidelines for shopping excursions, and other valuable features. Original.

When Luna Park in Coney Island, New York, opened in 1903, outdoor entertainment was dramatically changed in America & in the world. In 1905, another Luna Park opened on Cleveland's east side to rival Euclid Beach, which began operation ten years earlier. Like its east coast namesake, Luna Park, "Cleveland's Fairyland of Pleasure," dazzled visitors with a fantastic display of electric illumination & eclectic architecture. Within these pages the story is told of Cleveland's Luna Park, that was among the city's favorite summer fun spots from 1905 until the end of the 1929 season, when it closed forever. The details of the times, mood & people associated with Luna Park are graphically captured by means of careful research, generous illustration, & good humor. The telling of this Luna Park story, authors David W. & Diane DeMali Francis take you back to: * The origin of Luna Parks * The World War * Prohibition * The ROAR of the Twenties * The Great Depression * Vaudeville * The jazz age, ballrooms, & dance crazes * Social struggles of the times * The controversies * Its competitor parks * The rides * ...& the FUN!

Seattle is situated in a region of outstanding scenic beauty, but the forested hills and numerous bodies of water that characterize the city were formidable obstacles to connecting its communities as it grew out from the historic center. Between 1896 and 1930, the city undertook massive landscape regrades, landfills, and waterway cuts to ease movement by land and water. The completion of these efforts allowed for the construction of Seattle's first permanent steel bridges beginning in 1910. Nine bridges included in this book are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. They include Washington's oldest steel arch bridge, the 1911 Twelfth Avenue South Bridge; the 1913 Ravenna Park Bridge; all four of the Lake Washington Ship Canal bascules, constructed between 1917 and 1924; and the Depression-era Aurora, Cowen Park, and Schmitz Park bridges. Bridges of Seattle explores the history of the spans that are a quintessential part of the Seattle experience.