Frederick P. Fried (1908-1994) was a recognized authority and avid collector of American folk art, specializing in American carousels and carousel art, circus art, mechanical amusements, shop figures, ship figureheads, and architectural ornament.
So nowadays she comforted herself with her own amusements: shopping for new outfits and jewelry, intense sessions at a salon run by a Swiss lady.
For amusement i shop from the neiman marcus holiday catalog on the subway home from work.
At the amusement and shopping complex here in downtown New Rochelle, nobody stares at an interracial couple as they sip cocktails or play a round of laser tag.
Mr. Ilvento and Anthony Catanso, president of the Steel Pier, a 150,000-square-foot amusement and shopping area in Atlantic City, said the storm would force people to rethink how they build on the shore.
They also said there were more public performance outlets now than ever: live concerts, restaurants, nightclubs, taverns, amusement parks, shopping malls, health clubs, cruise ships, even telephone on-hold music.
Until last month the block was crowded with an amusement arcade, shops and timeworn bungalows that hosted generations of college-age students and young adults and was as much a beachfront tradition as salt water taffy.
Most public spaces in America feature commercial venues of one sort or another: amusement parks, shopping malls, professional sports facilities, movie theatres and so on.
He describes his art as being "about artificial immersive environments, about escapism," themes spawned by his upbringing in suburban California, where amusement parks, shopping malls, and recreational drugs were pervasive.
