Full story here on Memphis Commercial Appeal Newspaper:
From what I can gather from the article and picture, the city came in Monday and ripped a chunk out of the Zippin Pippin for analysis. There's still quite a bit of wrangling over who owns the ride and the degree of damage.
From what I saw earlier this year, it was a good bet that if the ride sat too much longer it would be completely unsalvageable. At that time, it looked like a good portion of Pippin would have to be rebuilt in order to run. But even if that happened, it would probably be a very different ride and then would it really honor the original ride or the memories of those who rode it? My guess is no.
Meanwhile, demolition has started on the rest of the park and is expected to take about a month. I hope to get over there in the next day or two for more photos. You can see my documentary pictures from May 2009 here.
Thanks to coasterdude5 over at Theme Park Review for posting the original Commercial Appeal story.
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