Exploring Lincoln Beach Amusement Park New Orleans | Abandoned Since The 1960s
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- Опубліковано 9 чер 2021
- Update: In the beginning of the video what we thought was a homeless camp, turned out to be a worksite camp setup by artist Reggie Ford who is working diligently to clean up and bring back Lincoln Beach.
In New Orleans East, during segregation, an amusement park and beach was built for People of Color to go since the bigger Pontchartrain Beach was for whites only. When the Civil Rights Bill was signed in 1964, Pontchartrain Beach opened to everyone and Lincoln Beach was closed and abandoned in 1965.
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A few years ago I made a video about Pontchartrain Beach not knowing the full story about it being segregated until the 60s. I'm glad to finally be able to tell a more full story. Thank you for watching! ❤️
Fun yes
Great video. I shared this video in the new Orleans community group 👍
thanks for doing this! from your other video you did, it actually lead me to discovered the history on this myself. had to ask my folks about their time spent at Pontchartrain beach, and did a little recon on line. been wanting to go there to explore ever since.
@@Kevin-ck6bu thanks so much!
@@aftermathOG right on!
Not a homeless campsite @3:42 whatsoever. Thats the makeshift home of the head of volunteers, Reggie Art, who has been rebuilding Lincoln Beach over the past year. That's his campsite he uses so he can stay out there for longer periods of time to restore the beach.
Right on! That's awesome!
I thought it was awful clean for a homeless campsite. Most people don’t care enough to keep the homeless encampments clean you see plastic bottles and stuff everywhere and trash. Even in Hawaii the tent city was nice but not taken care of like this
Great video. I'm amazed that the pool is not only filled in with plant life, but seems to be completely demolished! I took those photos back in 1986 when I was a student in the UNO Film Department. We had permission to be on the property as a shooting location. At that point, Lincoln Beach had been "abandoned" for about 20 years. There were still some structures, and the tunnel into the park wasn't yet flooded (blocked off, but not flooded). I hope they are able to clean the place up and transform it into a park that the surrounding neighbors can all enjoy. Thank you for making this, and for including my photos.
Thank you so much! For the kind words and for the use of your photographs. It's crazy to see this place in all it's various years
I was a structural design engineer to rehabilitate Lincoln Beach in the mid-1990's. All that got done was safety items like demolition of the pool, restaurant building, very large locker room, a 500 ft. long pier where you slipped, etc. I did design a rehab of a pump station for the tunnel access and the rock breakwaters at the east and west ends. The curved column arcade aea structures were salvageable and it was my intention to do so. Several hurricanes have caused much more damage the the construction of the entrance floodgates. Bac in the day, Lincoln Beach attracted top notch traveling and local entertainment.
Oh wow!!! That’s really cool, have you seen that money has finally been allotted for the restoration?
Wow! About a year and a half post-Katrina, I was working with a film crew shooting in Little Woods. For the most part, everything seemed completely decimated. Boat were in trees, and all houses were abandoned. I am impressed even ruins are present nearly 16 yrs later. Great work!
Oh wow! Yeah I was curious how this looked just after the storm. Thank you!
Hello👋🏾 Your videos are always a delight to watch. Looking at this video from a year ago allowed me to see all the progress made by Reggie an the volunteers. God bless all of you!
Reggie and Sage have done some incredible hard work there
As Lincoln Beach goes, so goes New Orleans.
Not really
Thanks y'all. Lincoln Beach is the Talk of the Town now. I appreciate y'all exploring. My Mother has fond memories of LB. She's 89 now.😊
I’m so glad to see that things are finally moving forward! Reggie and Sage and the others have put in so much work there!
I love your thumbs up smile in the kayak on your old intro. I can watch older videos when I want to see it. Thanks for taking us to the beach.
Haha I almost kept that 😁
What a cool find! Nothing is left abandoned where I live. It is either repurposed or destroyed.
There's always something 😁
Very cool and interesting explore!
Thank you guys!👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you!
It all eroded away after Hurricane Georges. That was wall and dry land where you are. The beach went out a fair ways as late as the late 80s. My mom too is there as kids. When I went again in college the water was just before the wall but behind the wall was still dry concrete.
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Thanks so so much, that really means a lot from ya! ❤️ Everyone go check out Free Tours by Foot's channel as well!
I had no idea this existed. Thanks for sharing! 🤗Jenn
Yeah, it's not talked about much. Hopefully they're able to revitalize it!
Your videos are great, Deej. If you haven’t done a video on the legend of the Grunch Road Monster and the old Grunch Road in N.O. East, then I’m officially requesting it. Thanks for the vids and putting the spotlight on my awesome city.
Thanks so much, Tim! I have plans to do something about the Grunch!
Always great to travel and explore.
Agreed!
Wow , we use to ride our bikes down Haynes Blvd and play out there back in the early 70's
I bet a lot of the structures were still in place then
Really enjoyed your awesome video!
This one might be one of my favorites!!!
😁 thank you!
Great Video, love watching videos like these
Thanks so much!!
To learn more There's a (New Orleans for Lincoln Beach) Facebook group.
Right on! Thanks man!
It is so so sad I am 70 years old my sister use to take me every week end it was so many ride and a large stage they use to have so many ContestS and giveaways and you won. Doing that time the twist was out and along came the monkey. When I become 14 years old I would go to the beach along with friends and class mates. I also meet my frist love. Years later I became pregnant. We had a healthy baby boy his name was Darren Lamar Robinson. Henry and I was not marry but we stayed so close together. Our son Darren was so kind to many friends. And about 10 yrs later I also lost my best friend. Henry we loved each other so much but never got marry the last time him and I was together we sat down and talked about how we first met at Lincoln Beach. We laugh so much about when we meet and for some reason we found a very old album it brought back so many memories I started to cry and he kiss the tears from my eyes the album we were listening. to was by the drifters and he remember all the songs we shared together sitting in the sand at Lincoln Beach I loved him so much but he had his life and so did I The best part about this was we only separated our selfs no more than a month apart
We laugh about it It was like we could not leave each other side I know what you must be saying why didn’t you and him get marry I myself did not get marry because. I enjoy livening a single life Yes he ask several times but I felt it just wasn’t my time but he knew I love him and our son he knew nothing could keep us apart. Only the love o my heart could never be replace for my son nor his daddy Henry Dunn.
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Oh damn, I had no idea that is what the pool looked like. When you go now, you can't even tell.
Yeah it's unfortunate how much isn't left
that was awesome, fun day at the beach 😁
Yes! It was a great day!
So sad. I hope they do bring it back. It would be so awesome. Stay safe
That would really be great!
Another great video. You da man DEEJ!
Thanks so much!
In the late 1970's me and a group of friends of mine went and checked out Lincoln beach. We were teenagers. Back then there were no trespassing signs and people had been arrested or run off by the police. At that time it was surreal. the bathhouse still had the benches and lockers and there were even some clothes lying around. There was a lot of broken glass and still had some of the old equipment and furniture in the concession and arcade area. There was a large metal tank of some sort and a tower with a catwalk it was shown is some of your video . We climbed it and rocked it back and forth which was foolhardy because had it broke we would have been seriously injured or killed. Later when we went back it had fallen down from rusting at the base. The way things were left it was like one of those end of the world movies were everything was just abandoned. Another time when went back there , the NOPD Swat team were doing some sort of urban warfare training. It's amazing to see what it looks like now and that people are allowed on the property including the homeless encampments.
That’s cool!! Also what we thought was a homeless camp turned out to be a guy working very hard to clean the place up in hopes to get it reopened to the public. He has done a LOT of work with some other volunteers too. It’s in way better shape than even when we went.
Very cool place!! Love the blend of photos, cinemotagraphy and videos! Well done!
Thanks so much!! That means a lot 😁
I loved the history of this park. Thank you for my day at the shore, without any sand in my shoes, eyes, and underware. 😂
Haha! You're very welcome!
Definitely enjoyed this video
Thank you!
I explored there back in the seventies. There was no one there and it was fence in.
That beach water looks like Myrtle Beach SC water where I live very dirty 😱
This vid is so awesome.
Thanks buddy!!
@@NOLADEEJ your welcome
I want to say that that first concrete wall wasn't there when the beach was open. It was added along the levee sometime during or after the 90s.
Very interesting Deej.
Thanks brother!
Get going guys it would be like a rebirth to many folks.
Liked the old photos nice to see history 😊 Where did you find all the great old photos?
Most came from the link I have in the description. Claudia Valcich. ❤️
I belive that the beach closed as late as the early 80's when Pontchartrain amusement park closed
How did you find pics of the place? I need to be sure and add them in mine! totally not copying you :)
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Man I want to see the last camp out there on the lake not far from this.
Where is it at?
@@NOLADEEJ I think it's just east of this along the lake front
good evening nola,im tryin to catch up on videos...lol
Right on!
your best dog!
Thanks man! That means a lot!!
I had my 10th birthday at Lincoln beach in the 1994
Oh that's cool!!
Where did u park to get there?
On the street
two thumbs up buddy
Thanks man!
@@NOLADEEJ your welcome
Wow what a fascinating video. The ways people have used the structures for camps. Love to see the place come back as something. Excellent video sir.
Thanks man! Yeah it would be great to see this really developed into something good for the community
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somewhere out there was a stage that headlined the likes of fats domino,ernie k doe, irma thomas and other major black recording icons.
Any phycologist have a simple reason why people do graffiti ?? Your viewers opinions ??/
I'm not sure, it's a way to express yourself
who owns the place?
I think the city
I'm sorry to say this. I'm 72 born in New Orleans. The place is a dangerous dump now. You would have to be nuts to invest in anything in that city. Very Sad
Actually since I took this video, it’s been cleaned up even more and has gotten funding to revitalize it.
The California mayor doesn't want anything open for the poor citizens in New Orleans. Nord could have e at least took over the pool
Hopefully it will make a huge comeback, I feel it’s right around the corner
It is a bis swimming pool.
There's nothing abandoned about that place. There are people there every single day and have been for years.
The amusement park was abandoned and left to rot. Yes, as I say in the video, people still come out and have fun. I'm hoping that the city can find a safe way to open it back up legally for the community to enjoy
Yuck!