Lost Kennywood is really almost like a park within a park. There are a lot of people who are nostalgic, and want something from their background. They often find it exciting to see the park change with the times, yet also acknowledge its past. Since Lost Kennywood was built in a former parking lot area, it had no trees and basically no environment. Thus, it required elements that would help it blend with the rest of the park.

To keep the new section of the park from seeming too hot in the warm weather, an area was designed with a large reflecting lagoon and a fountain with mist. It was also highly encouraged to the designers of the park to use the largest trees possible in the new area.

Construction of Lost Kennywood started in 1993. Kennywood didn’t know whether to open the park in 1994 or 1995, but a large piece of Kennywood’s history literally made the decision. When the excavators started to prepare the ground for the reflection pool, the discovers giant chunks of concrete and reinforced steel from the old swimming pool. It seems that when the pool closed down in 1973, bulldozers merely covered the site over with dirt. So the decision was made that the new addition would open in 1995.

Lost Kennywood portrays many element of the “electric park” style. It has an incredible entrance gate that is modeled after Pittsburgh’s Luna Park portal. Although building in the original Luna Park were painted white, Kennywood decided to paint its buildings turquoise, pink, light purple, and cream. However, like other traditional electric parks, the buildings are outlined with lights. On the entrance portal, there is a fiber optic sign with the words “Lost Kennywood” and on the exit side of the gate, there is a large, red heart with the words “Goodnight”. This was the sign used for years at Coney Island’s famous Luna Park.