Complex sentence: Originally built on the road to Whiteface Mountain by a Lake Placid businessman whose daughter had desperately wanted to see Santa's house, it caught the eye of planners designing an entire generation of theme parks, including the first Disney parks (designed in the 1950s).
Split into simpler sentences: Originally built on the road to Whiteface Mountain by a Lake Placid businessman whose daughter desperately wanted to see Santa's house. It caught the eye of planners designing an entire generation of theme parks, including the first Disney parks (designed in the 1950s).