NEW YORK HOLIDAY HARBOR HARBOR THEATER LAKE PLACID NY ARTO MONACO UPSTATE NY For Sale

Arto Monaco was born November 15, 1913 in Elizabethtown, New York. He died November 21, 2003 in Upper Jay, New York. He was an artist, theme park designer, toy designer, and cartoonist. Arto is buried in Mountain View Cemetery located in Upper Jay. His mother was Ida Martin. He is the son of Louis B. Monaco, an Italian immigrant; Italian restaurant owner and entrepreneur. In 1941, he married Glad Burrell of Au Sable Forks, New York.Arto designed Santa\'s Workshop, North Pole Park in Wilmington, New York. The park was constructed in 1947 and opened in 1949, the owner was Julian Reiss. This was his first theme park design. He was a partner in the development of the park.In the early 1950s Arto designed Old MacDonald\'s Farm in Lake Placid, New York; it was a smaller park & only stayed open for a few years. The buildings were used for a summer camp for underprivileged kids from New York City. The camp is run by the Julian Reiss Foundation.Parts of Storytown Park in Lake George were designed by Arto. Storytown is owned by Charley Wood. Storytown is now part of Great Escape. After the devastating flood in 1979, storybook cottages, buildings from Cactus Flats, Arto\'s train, and the miniature steam train were purchased for Storytown, USA aka Great Escape. Arto designed parts of Ghost Town, which is part of the Great Escape.In 1952, Arto was a consultant and designed some parts for Frontier Town in North Hudson, New York. The park opened in 1952.Arto designed and ran the Land of Make Believe. It was built for kids and opened 1953 in Upper Jay, NY. The park closed in 1979 after a flood ravaged the area. While open, it flooded 11 times, with Arto rebuilding it each time it flooded until the flood in 1979. It was known as \"Arto\'s Field of Dreams.\" Arto\'s business partner was Kathryn Cameron.Arto was a consultant for Story Land, Glen, New Hampshire, which opened in 1954. It was owned by Bob and Ruth Morrell. Their children, Stoney and Nancy, took over operations in the 80\'s until 2006 when Stoney died. Nancy merged the park with Kennywood Entertainment Company family of theme parks in 2007.Arto was a consultant for Adventure Town, Alexandria Bay, New York. It opened in the summer of 1955 and closed on Labor Day, 1961.Arto designed Gaslight Village in Lake George, owned by Charley Wood.The park opened in 1956.Arto was a consultant for the Enchanted Forest Park in Old Forge, New York. The park opened in 1956.Arto was a consultant to Montreal\'s Expo\'67 World\'s Fair, which was at La Ronde Amusement Park.Arto designed parts of Fantasy Island Park, Western NY. He designed and built a fairy castle for the park, after Charlie Wood acquired it in 1982.In the early 1990s, he helped Paul Newman and Charlie Wood of Lake George with a new camp for critically ill children, called Double-H Hole in the Woods Ranch at Lake Luzerne. He painted a mural around the indoor swimming pool. He also helped a local developer, Mickey Danielle, to design a children\'s camp in Jay, NY for families of children with growth disorders.This sale is for the fact that Arto designed Holiday Harbor - Harbor Theater, Lake Placid, New York. Quigley Publication awarded Harbor Theater the Best Design of the Year Award 1969-70. NY Senator Stafford presented the award to Mr. Schwartz & Arto Monaco.

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