west tulsa had one of the first amusement parks in the area, having its first visitors before 1920 at a park owned by the park addition company, which operated a dance hall, concessions, and boat rides. in 1921, the electric amusement park company took control over the site, adding the only miniature train ride in oklahoma at the time. by 1922, the company contracted to operators of carousel and ferris wheel rides, but financial problems closed the park in 1925. after changing hands, the park reopened in 1928, remodeled and renamed as crystal city and featuring tulsa's giant zingo roller coaster. operation of the park was successful until a fire in 1956 burned down the bath house and "casa loma" dance hall, forcing its closure. many of the rides were installed at another one of tulsa's facilities, lakeview amusement park near the mohawk zoo. investors bought the buildings and lease in september 1958 to build what became the crystal city shopping center, a major shopping venue for west tulsans, with an anchoring bowling alley called "crystal bowl".