Vintage WW2 Era ROLLER SKATES CASE Chicago THE HUB Rink Metal Locking w/Key - $100 - (Grand Rapids, MI)
Vintage Metal Roller Skates Case Label: The HUB GIANT ROLLER RINK N. Harlem, Chicago, Il. Lightweight Measures: 15 1/4" in Width, 12" in Height, 4 3/4" in Depth Great Graphics on Logo Reinforced Corners for Strength Locking Mechanisms Both Work Includes Original Key on Chain Packed with Great Care and Shipped Insured with Tracking! The HUB ROLLER RINK 4510 N. Harlem Ave Chicago, Illinois The Hub Roller Rink Opened October 27, 1950 Renamed the “Axle” in 1974 and Closed October 31, 1985. The History Story The Hub opened October 27, 1950 on Harlem Avenue, in an area that at that time was quite desolate. For those who know Chicago today, this area is now a mass of malls and shopping activity. At that time there was nothing between the Roller Rink and Irving Park Road. At the corner of that intersection was The Harlem Outdoor Theater, and across the street the State Police HQ. South of Irving Park were some small stores and a few restaurants where many of the Roller Rink Junkies hung out after closing time. The HUB was a giant in the roller rink world, and it was the home of a giant Wurlitzer pipe organ, originally played by Leon Berry. The rink was open every night and had matinees Saturday and Sunday. Weekends always found huge crowds, some who never even put on a pair of skates. The lobby area was almost as big as the rink. It had a large oval snack bar, probably 40 feet long, in the center of the lobby. Around the outside walls were cloak rooms, shoe skate rentals, skate sales, skate repairs as well as a small dance floor and a juke box. This is what attracted the non-skaters to the Hub. The skating area was probably about 275 feet long and some 95 feet wide, and that excludes the area outside the rails that enclosed the main rink. The Program included All Skate, Couples Only, Waltz, Fox Trot, a few fancy dances such as Collegiate and 14 step, and then there was the ROMP! That was when the fun began. It was wild with groups of skaters hands joined whipping aro…
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