Where was old Chicago amusement park located?

Old Chicago was located immediately south of I-55 at 555 S Bolingbrook Drive, the street name of Illinois Route 53 in the area. It was billed as the “World's First Indoor Amusement Park”, intending to solve a problem that plagues amusement parks to this day: the weather.



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