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Rooftop Skating Comes to Long Island City
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John Del Signore
Published Jul 14, 2008
Modified Jul 14, 2008
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A developer will break ground Thursday on what will be the city’s only rooftop ice rink (the Chelsea Piers Sky Rink is on the second floor, not the roof, and it’s been a while since skaters frolicked on the old Madison Square Garden roof rink.)
Located in Long Island City, the City Ice Pavilion will feature an NHL size ice rink that will be open during the winter under a Yeadon air dome, the self-proclaimed “industry leader in air supported structures.” That's right, nothing but the best for LIC.
Rod Gilbert, all-time leading scorer for The New York Rangers, will be on hand for this week’s groundbreaking, which is really more of a roof-breaking, since the building under the rink (located on 32nd Place) is already in existence and boasts a Sleepy’s Mattress Professionals store. Once opened, there’ll be free skating for community groups, figure skating, lessons, youth hockey and a “gourmet” coffee bar.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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