Ruth McEvoy Collection 24 - Genesee County
Ruth McEvoy Collection 24 - Genesee County
Ruth McEvoy Collection 24 - Genesee County
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RUTH McEVOY COLLECTION 60<br />
SUBJECT TEXT DATE<br />
Skate 98 Roller Rink.<br />
Recreation Center - skating rink - approved for Alexander Road. N. H. Van Son<br />
building a 33,000 sq. ft. center.<br />
Picture of the groundbreaking. N. H. Van Son owns the land - Darrell Freeman<br />
1-14-1977<br />
digging Tonawanda Valley Recreation to run. 12-5-1977<br />
Picture of progress on. 3-3-1978<br />
Opening - pictures. 6-30-1978<br />
Burns - fire suspicious. 9-12-1990<br />
Van Son to rebuild the former rink as offices. 4-<strong>24</strong>-1991<br />
Editorial regretting the loss of. 4-26-1991<br />
Skating Rink Harry C. Ferren leases a vacant lot on Jackson Street opposite the post office for<br />
a skating rink - in case providence provides skating weather. 10-19-1883<br />
Rink being readied, fenced. 11-6-1883<br />
Jackson Street rink now open.<br />
What has been the Casino Rink on State Street is to be reopened - Thanksgiving -<br />
12-20-1883<br />
as State Street Academy by Harry C. Ferren and D. A. McDonald. 11-<strong>24</strong>-1885<br />
Rink on Swan Street being built - skate house to be built.<br />
S. L. Houseknecht and Seward Houseknecht to open a rink on a vacant lot on<br />
12-4-1889<br />
East Main Street. 10-8-1904<br />
East Main Rink ready for cold weather. 11-15-1904<br />
S. L. Houseknecht and E. J. Cook roofing the skating rink on East Main Street. 10-3-1905<br />
East Main Rink now open. 12-19-1905<br />
Good skating at "The Dyke." 1-12-1906<br />
Citizens Band to play for skating. 2-3-1906<br />
Foundation a foot thick, 2' high, going under the rink on East Main Street. 9-<strong>24</strong>-1906<br />
Dyke Skating Rink now open. 2-1-1908<br />
Baseball field on the Brisbane lot flooded. 1-2-1918<br />
Water will not stand and freeze at Brisbane field - Past & Present column. 1-12-1918<br />
Rink on the Brisbane property needs another coat. 1-7-1919<br />
Municipal Rink on the Brisbane field ready. 12-6-1919<br />
Old Troopers barracks to become a rink again. 10-2-1920<br />
The Council to flood Pearl and Brooklyn. 12-20-19<strong>24</strong><br />
Brooklyn and Pearl flooded when cold.<br />
Greystone Tennis Club members, Dr. Patterson, chairman, move to make a rink<br />
12-31-19<strong>24</strong><br />
at the Fairgrounds. 1-5-1926<br />
Rink proposed for the Fairgrounds - ready next week. 1-8-1926<br />
Rink on Bank Street in fine condition. 1-12-1926<br />
Area at the Fairgrounds flooded, did not hold water.<br />
Past & Present column: On early skating areas and Charles W. Hartley as the<br />
1-14-1926<br />
areas outstanding figure skater, rivaled closely by H. T. Booth. 1-23-1926<br />
Youths on Brooklyn build a rink, which floods storm sewers.<br />
Past & Present column: on earlier skating rinks, particularly in the area made by<br />
stopping big ditch - flooding an area in the northeast. Areas known as Taggarts,<br />
2-5-1927<br />
Clevelands, and basses - behind the hospital. 1-16-1926<br />
Two areas of ice ready behind Doehler houses on Bank Street. 1-25-1926<br />
Youths on Brooklyn build a rink, which floods storm sewers. 2-5-1927<br />
An area between St. James Church and the High School to be flooded for skating. 11-9-1927<br />
Roller skating at Redfern.<br />
An area between Trumbull Park and North Street - north of East Avenue - being<br />
12-22-1927<br />
flooded. 1-23-1931<br />
Rink on Vine Street approved for WPA development. 1-16-1937<br />
Rink on Vine ready for cold weather. 12-1-1937<br />
WPA okays rink rest house use. 12-<strong>24</strong>-1937<br />
Floodlights installed - hundreds skate. 1-5-1938<br />
JCs sponsor formal opening. 1-8-1938<br />
Over 5,000 attended the opening - capacity crowd. 1-12-1938<br />
Rink shelter house to be built. 2-17-1938