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With studies showing that Old Chicago was popular with teens and young adults new management decided to address the parks lack of families by adding The Fun Factory.



The Fun Factory was a multi story play area with rides, slides, and play structures for kids.  Guests to the Old Chicago Fairgrounds had access to The Fun Factory while those who just wanted to play could pay for an admission to just the Fun Factory.  This made it extremely handy for shopping parents to drop the kids off to play.



I have many fond memories of being turned loose to run and play at The Fun Factory.



The Moon Walk full of a bunch of kids was always insanely fun.  To anyone that I accidentally bounced into and got knocked down like the kid in the foreground I apologize.



The Polliwog Pond was kind of like a squishy water bed for kids to run around on.  As a parent now looking back it was awesome that they had seating areas for parents to camp out at while the kids ran up, down, and all around.  The Fun Factory certainly wore all out who spent any time there.



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