Family Outing to the Crescent Park Looff Carousel, East Providence, RI, USA
A little family fun on a nice, warm day.
Just thrown together from footage on my Android mobile phone.
If you'd like to learn about the carousel, here are some facts:
An afternoon at the historic Crescent Park Looff Carousel in East Providence, RI
An afternoon at the historic Crescent Park Looff Carousel in East Providence, RI
By: Alisha A. Pina - Alisha started her career with the Providence Journal in 1995. The intern-turned-reporter moved from the Massachusetts and East Bay bureaus to the main headquarters downtown when the paper downsized. She covered Providence and Mayor Angel Taveras’ reign until her recent assignment began in the summer of 2014. Now she captures the essence of Lil Rhody - issues that matter and its people, places, diversity, history and quirks.
She is also a rotating Sunday “View From” columnist and a contributor to the Journal’s many special projects. She helped lead its 4-day multimedia series, MLK: 50 Years Later, in 2013 that won a Metcalf Diversity in the Media Award from Rhode Island for Community & Justice.
She is currently a chief contributor of the team delivering this year’s Race in Rhode Island series, which not only celebrates the state’s diversity but also explores how gaps among the races in RI are hurting everyone.
At its 100th anniversary, Alisha won the George S. Lima Award from NAACP Providence. She also received the Media Achievement Award of Excellence from the American & Cape Verdean Cultural Exchange Commission of Rhode Island and several first place nods from the Rhode Island Press Association.
Alisha is a member of Story Board, which collaborates with Pell Center leadership for its Story in the Public Square initiative; and serves on Moses Brown’s Enrollment and Marketing board. She graduated from Moses Brown in 1996, and Boston University in 2000.
Outside of the Journal, Alisha works with her husband to mentor youth through their volleyball league, Spike Down Volleyball. She also sings with the well-known Prism of Praise Community Gospel Choir.
Published on: June 27, 2015
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Crescent Park Carousel
August 8, 2015 - Riverside, RI
Family went to the carousel, so I brought my camera, took a few shots, and cobbled them together for a short short.
From what I understand, it's the 2nd oldest running carousel in the United States (though I could be wrong).
Crescent Park Carousel East Providence Rhode Island
Crescent Park Carousel
700 Bullocks Point Ave., East Providence, RI, 02914
(401) 435-7518 - Venue Website
The Crescent Park Carousel was built in 1895 by Charles I.D. Looff, one of the earliest and foremost carousel designers. The Crescent Park Carousel is nationally recognized for its wood sculpture. Originally built as a showcase for prospective buyers, it is the largest and most elaborate of Looff's... more
The Crescent Park Carousel was built in 1895 by Charles I.D. Looff, one of the earliest and foremost carousel designers. The Crescent Park Carousel is nationally recognized for its wood sculpture. Originally built as a showcase for prospective buyers, it is the largest and most elaborate of Looff's works. The Carousel contains 62 hand-carved figures and four fanciful chariots. Elaborate embellishments of decorative panels, beveled mirrors, faceted glass jewels, electric lights, colored sandwich glass windows and its original band organ music surround flying steeds to create Looff's Total Carousel Experience.
Crescent Park 1956 Tour of the Park
Aerial and Midway level video tour of Crescent Park, Riverside RI from 1956 from the Ray Simmons Collection
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Crescent Park Carousel
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Mini Carousel At The Crescent Park Looff Carousel In Riverside, RI
A short video taken last summer at the historic Crescent Park Carousel in Rhode Island. This video shows a small carousel built by someone who works there, and it's also an analogy to how the real thing works.
Crescent Park 1964 Charles ID Looff Carousel
Crescent Park Carousel 1964 from the Ride Operator's View. Joe Kadan at the controls.
Crescent Park 1960s River Boat ride
River Boat ride at Crescent Park Riverside RI 1964. Amusement Park History.
Crescent Park 1957 Zephyr Roller Coaster
Take a ride back in time aboard the Crescent Park, RI ZEPYHR COASTER. Film rights to Mr. Ray Simmons.
Christmas comes early at Crescent Park
With the season winding down, and in the wake of being honored by the National Carousel Association, the Crescent Park Looff Carousel was already in the Christmas spirit today!
riverside car show rhode island ri 2015 river side looff carousel
riverside rhode island car show 2015 each Saturday 5pm ri
free to go to the show and a donation for show cars.
cars , trucks , and motorcycles .
not in the rain.
at cresant park looff merry go round carousel in large field .
it was a great day . near the beach.
Crescent Park Carousel - Ruth Band Organ - 37:43 Live Recording
37 minutes and 43 seconds of live recordings of the Ruth band organ.
RECORDED MAY 2014 - LIVE AT CHARLES ID LOOFF'S CRESCENT PARK CAROUSEL, 700 BULLOCKS POINT AVE., RIVERSIDE (EAST PROVIDENCE), RHODE ISLAND, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
The delicious vivaciousness with which the organ handles trills, glissandos, counterpoint, and basslines should leave the listener wanting more and more. Just imagine how the organ would sound playing these songs in the richly resonant, reverberating wooden carousel pavilion.
In commemoration of the recent 2013 restoration:
Listen to a recording of the melodious strains of the Charles ID Looff Crescent Park Carousel A. Ruth & Sohn Band Organ Style 38 in Riverside, East Providence, Rhode Island (RI).
Crescent Park Carousel (original figures)
Crescent Park 1958 Welcome to the Park
1958 Ride into Crescent Amusement Park, Riverside, RI. Video from the Ray Simmons Collection
Crescent Park
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Crescent Park · Phil Madeira
Crescent Park
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Crescent Park Carousel Ruth Band Organ - If I Were a Rich Man
Listen to a live recording of the melodious strains of the Charles ID Looff Crescent Park Carousel A. Ruth & Sohn Band Organ Style 38 in Riverside, East Providence, Rhode Island (RI) playing a song from the Broadway Roll #6820, If I Were a Rich Man from Fiddler on the Roof.
Recorded in 2008 and accompanied by images of the carousel and its organ.
Add &fmt=18 to the end of the url for high quality recording.
Since I am not authorized by the town to operate the carousel, my only job is to chronicle the state of its organ as often as I can so that others may be compelled to act, to restore this grand instrument to its former glory.
Ocean waves crashing at Crescent Park
Riverside, Rhode Island
Crescent Park 1964 Democratic Party Outing
Rhode Island Democratic State Party Outing at Crescent Park, Riverside RI - 1964 - Video from the Ray Simmons Collection