![]() In June, a rumor about plans to close Hoffman’s Playland ignited an online movement to “save Hoffman’s.”Īt the time, Hoffman told NEWS10 that there were no concrete plans of selling the family-friendly park and no offers on the table. ![]() – David Hoffman, owner of Hoffman’s Playland says Albany County leaders met this week with Great Escape officials about the possibility of Six Flags taking over the family-friendly playland on Route 9 in Latham. officials, Great Escape meet about future of Hoffman’s Playland Vorreyer mailed a note to The Post-Star in January recalling his Storytown memories, including his involvement in repainting the horse and rider statue and other figures, such as Humpty Dumpty, at the park.Īlbany Co. Edward Binder doesn’t know, but said he would be interested in finding out, as would Robert Vorreyer, a resident of West Palm Beach, Fla., who worked in the Storytown art department for 30 years. Where the Storytown statue and sign ended up is still a mystery, however. The most famous character he drew was Mary Marvel, little sister to Captain Marvel. He was known for his work as a cartoonist during the golden age of comic books. Binder also designed and sculpted the figure of the Good Shepherd in front of the Lutheran Church in Glens Falls. He produced life-size figures for Gaslight Village and historical figures and dioramas for Fort William Henry, both in Lake George. His obituary in The Post-Star noted his work creating roadside figures and signs throughout the region, as well as his earlier career as a cartoonist. Jack Binder, who was trained in the fine arts, died in 1986 at age 83. The gorilla was created inside Jack Binder’s Warrensburg home, his son recalled, and the horse and rider statue may have been put together in a building in the town’s Paddock area, where Binder had a studio. Jack Binder was living in Warrensburg when he created the statue and sign in the early 1950s.Įdward Binder said his father also created the gorilla statue in front of the Animal Land zoo that was across from Storytown, as well as dozens of signs and sculptures for tourist-related businesses in the Adirondacks. He recalled that his father modeled the horse statue after a Palomino owned by Edward’s brother Ronald. Now, more is known of the history of the statue and sign.Įdward Binder of Athol contacted The Post-Star to say it was his father, the late Jack Binder, who created the horse and rider statue and the park entrance sign. At some point, the sign and statue left the park, perhaps publicly auctioned or donated away, Great Escape officials said. The inquiring reader also wondered about where the roadside icons ended up.Ī check with local historians, officials at the amusement park (now Great Escape) and others in September resulted in few answers.Īs noted in that column, the sign and statue were removed in 1983 when the park changed its name to Great Escape, and they remained in storage for several years. 22 column asked about the origin of the statue of a cowboy on a rearing horse and the accompanying sign at the entrance of Storytown U.S.A. Storytown USA, A Retrospective The Original Storytown USA Website
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