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There are currently around fifty Boomerangs in operation around the world, not counting the attraction that in 1990 came to Barcelona with the promise of renovating the already decaying Montjuïc amusement park during a period of major urban development in the city for the 1992 Olympic Games. After eight years of spinning on the top of Montjuïc, Boomerang was sold to the Six Flags park in New Orleans, where it was renamed Zydeco Scream, in reference to a creole music genre featuring the accordion.
In 2005 its operation was again interrupted by a time of crisis. The screams that had hitherto echoed from its rails were replaced by silence and the long queues by the vegetation growing between its structures. Part of its body was submerged in water and the other part stretched towards the sky. Its robust and curvaceous body-machine had been easily defeated by the circular dance of Hurricane Katrina. Immobile, it would then take on new roles, serving as a backdrop for...More
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There are currently around fifty Boomerangs in operation around the world, not counting the attraction that in 1990 came to Barcelona with the promise of renovating the already decaying Montjuïc amusement park during a period of major urban development in the city for the 1992 Olympic Games. After eight years of spinning on the top of Montjuïc, Boomerang was sold to the Six Flags park in New Orleans, where it was renamed Zydeco Scream, in reference to a creole music genre featuring the accordion.
In 2005 its operation was again interrupted by a time of crisis. The screams that had hitherto echoed from its rails were replaced by silence and the long queues by the vegetation growing between its structures. Part of its body was submerged in water and the other part stretched towards the sky. Its robust and curvaceous body-machine had been easily defeated by the circular dance of Hurricane Katrina. Immobile, it would then take on new roles, serving as a backdrop for...More
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