tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698674352470153088.post8887082749741192863..comments2024-03-28T14:36:56.091-05:00Comments on The Digital Research Library of Illinois History Journal™ : Bounce Land Trampoline Parks in Northern Illinois. (late 1950s - early 1960s)Dr. Neil Gale, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10605531495401356831noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698674352470153088.post-64376362355827901952022-10-21T23:45:40.306-05:002022-10-21T23:45:40.306-05:00There were no trampolines there. There were gokart...There were no trampolines there. There were gokarts and a big slide. The drive-in was the Starlite theater. There were trampolines at 87th and Harlem kitty corner from Southfield Plaza but they didn't last long. I don't think they were even there a year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698674352470153088.post-24707563646890434752020-05-17T11:17:28.404-05:002020-05-17T11:17:28.404-05:00My uncle, Bob Schuneman, with business partner Ted...My uncle, Bob Schuneman, with business partner Ted Kontos, owned a Bounceland franchise in Sterling, Illinois in the 1950s. Not sure when it closed but I don't believe it made it into the 1960s. Interestingly enough, Bob's main career was insurance agent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698674352470153088.post-847170640118538132020-01-08T18:38:06.902-06:002020-01-08T18:38:06.902-06:00Almar was actually in Dolton. Trampolines were the...Almar was actually in Dolton. Trampolines were there, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698674352470153088.post-19560565563384134132017-11-23T02:25:36.785-06:002017-11-23T02:25:36.785-06:00There was a trampoline park on the south side also...There was a trampoline park on the south side also, where Chicago Ridge Mall is now. There was a drive in theater behind the park too. This was right on 95th street. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04542339217061092103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698674352470153088.post-61892048445449902882017-11-10T12:27:10.245-06:002017-11-10T12:27:10.245-06:00There was another trampoline "park" in S...There was another trampoline "park" in South Holland, at the Almar Plaza, at the Cottage Grove Avenue side of the parking lot. And it was fun - as long as you did not get injured, of course. Is it true that Bill Gates had a trampoline room built in his house in Washington State?Thomas Joycenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698674352470153088.post-62046162630928925492016-12-03T11:35:09.489-06:002016-12-03T11:35:09.489-06:00That man actually suffered quadriplegia from that ...That man actually suffered quadriplegia from that accident and lived much longer than expected, creating financial hardship on his family.JShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700183280995689429noreply@blogger.com