Saving the playland

posted Jun 14, 2013

hoffman's playland.jpgTwo quick follow-ups on Thursday's bit of news from the Biz Review that the owners of Hoffman's Playland are "actively pursuing offers" for the amusement park in Latham:

+ A "Save Hoffman's Playland" FB page has started. As one of the posts states: the page was started to "raise awareness to the fact that Hoffman's Playland may be sold and to have a place where people could share their thoughts and memories." It's already racked up more than 12,000 likes in about a day. (Thanks, Jenn)

+ And because we live in the meta age: There's now the beginnings of a documentary project about the effort to save the playland. The filmmakers behind it are Justin and Leanne Maine, who made the documentary So Right, So Smart.

Earlier on AOA: A few years back Dawn highlighted the appeal of Hoffman's Playland, including its "whimsy and weirdness"

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Kickstarter. You want to save it? Buy it.

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