The Tower of Jewels at Lakeside Amusement Park,
in the city of Lakeside, CO, built 1908.

At the time of it’s construction, this Beaux-Arts style tower was
the tallest structure in Colorado at 150 feet!

You may notice the mysterious word REDIT, latin for “Return”.

Lakeside is most famous for the Cyclone Roller Coaster. If you are visiting Denver, you can pay the $2.50 entry fee, then buy the $2.00 worth of tickets to ride the Cyclone for a grand total of $4.50!

So, even if you only have a half-hour, you can pop in for an inexpensive quick thrill ride on this wild wooden coaster!

Richard Crowther designed many of the beautiful Art Deco signs and booths thoughout Lakeside, but for the interior of the Eataway Cafe (below), Lakeside owner Ben Krasner was savvy enough to salvage this Art Deco interior from a renovation of the inside of Denver’s Union Station, where this beautiful decor was being removed.

You can no longer go into the interior of Lakeside’s College Inn but it too was a wonderful example of Art Deco.

Lakeside has a great metal coaster as well, titled the Wild Chipmunk!

This ticket booth for the Wild Chipmunk is one of my favorite designs in the entire park!

And finally, the Riviera Ballroom, all that is left of the historic El Patio Ballroom, where big bands and rock and roll acts once played.

I believe the interior of the Riviera was also designed by Richard Crowther, and may possibly be still intact behind this door!

Behind you can see the old grandstands looking out over Lake Rhoda.