www.friendsofpleasureisland.org
Billed as Boston's answer to Disneyland, Pleasure Island opened on June 22, 1959.
William Hawkes, president of Childlife Magazine, and executives at Cabot, Cabot
and Forbes collaborated with Marco Engineering of Los Angeles to build what was
called the "Disneyland of the East."
Pleasure Island rose from the wetlands off of Route 128 into an 80-acre theme park. Press Release with events information- click here
