remainder of the park remained ruined. The northern part of the site contained "a sideshow of freaks and some shooting galleries" in 1912. Gumpertz leased the northern parcel in 1914, measuring on Surf Avenue and deep; he intended to restore the attractions there. By the next year, the northern part of the site had roller coasters, side shows, and shooting galleries named after Dreamland. Film producer William Fox acquired the northern part of the site at an auction in March 1921 for $407,750, and he resold it in June 1921 to Gumpertz and William M. Greve for $450,000. Gumpertz and Greve planned to rebuild the park, although this never happened. Southern section The remaining buildings on the southern part of the Dreamland site were razed by 1915. The site was supposed to be part of the unbuilt Seaside Park. The New York City government had planned to rebuild Dreamland's pier and fill it with rock; the pier was supposed to be completed in mid-1914, but two years later it still had not been rebuilt. R. H. Pfoor proposed constructing a bathhouse on Dreamland's site in 1919, but city officials rejected the proposal. The city government converted its portion of the site into a parking lot in 1921. The city had expanded the parking lot to 2,000 spaces by 1922, and it also operated a seasonal skating rink on Dreamland's site. Morris Auditore and Harry Shea leased the site from the city in 1926; the Supreme Court initially issued an injunction blocking the lease, but the Appellate Division reversed the injunction. The next year, the New York City Board of Aldermen blocked a proposal for the city to either sell the land or convert it into some "public use". Auditore and Shea operated the parking lot until 1933, when their lease was canceled because they could not afford to pay $26,000 a year. Although the Park Association of New York City suggested that the site be converted back into a public park, the city leased the parking lot to Irving Rosoff in February 1933. Rosoff's lease was canceled the next year. By 1935, the city planned to rebuild Dreamland as a recreation center with courts for handball, ping-pong, and shuffleboard, as well as a large open field for archery and other games. In addition, the recreation center was to contain more than 600 trees, as well as a connection to the