Central Park (Allentown, Pennsylvania) Central Park (Allentown, Pennsylvania) Central Park is a former amusement park in the Rittersville section of Allentown, Pennsylvania. It was closed in 1951. Central Park's origins date to 1868 when J. Frank Reichart laid out a race course north of the Allentown-Bethlehem turnpike (Hanover Avenue) which was opened for trotting and pacing from May to August. In 1872 the Rittersville Park Association was organized. The park was enlarged to 16 acres and was known as Manhattan Park. When the Allentown & Bethlehem Rapid Traction Company took ownership of the area from Thomas Ritter it was called The Greater Central Park.
A Troll in Central Park it "Pastel-pretty and cloyingly sweet," and that ""A Troll in Central Park" is strictly for the youngest members of the moviegoing audience." The A.V. Club wrote that "A Troll in Central Park" is "widely considered to be [Don Bluth's] worst film." In the July 2001 issue of his magazine "ToonTalk", Don Bluth said that "the development of a story is like the development of a child in a womb; it takes time and it must be done right and building "A Troll in Central Park", taught us this lesson, the hard way." On January 10, 1995, Warner Home Video released