Courtesy of The Courier-Journal, Sunday, February 21, 2016, Page A16. It was featured in an article but only the photo was shown online.
Looking toward front doors. You can see the front door straight ahead. It is taken from the rear part of the building inside.
Google Map. 2019, now as a garage. Very little changed on the outside. Was it registered as Historical Landmark? If that is the case, you may have a chance to have this reversed back to the rink if this building ever was up for sale again. Only major is the neon sign.
Courtesy of Courier-Journal. Sunday February 21, 2016.
Courtesy of Dead-Rinks. Repaired sticker.
4th Avenue Skating Rink 820 South 4th Avenue, Louisville, KY
This beautiful Art Deco building that housed 4th Avenue Skating Rink on 820 South 4th Avenue in Louisville, Kentucky.
This rink ran for a time in the past. I do not have much information but apparently with the Art Deco decor, it dates to 1920s. Likely it was from 1920s to sometimes after 1940s.
They had organ music. Both they had roller skating rink and dancing.
The Interior.
This beautiful interior has Bow Arch ceiling with Free-Span steel Truss. The exterior is hard to see but that is what the interior looked like. It was two story high interior with windows wrapped around on the 2nd floor level although there is no 2nd floor. You will noticed on the steel beam are Christmas lights-style lights. They are not Christmas nor this was not taken during Christmas. Ho-Ho-Ho, its décor like you would have it decorated above your outdoor porch during summer or on your Scamp or Winnebago RVs during summer having a nice cookout.
The interior was not so grand as it was very simple as you can see in the hard-to-see Black-and-White photo. Apparently it had 2 tones of colors. Darker on the bottom. The style interior was not a match to the Art-Deco decor on the outside. It appeared to be Romanesque style inside-- Rome had bottom part of the walls darker than upper parts (check out cool photos of Pompeii).
The Exterior.
This is truly classic Art Deco in simplistic form but quite clear the Art Deco décor. It appeared closely to the Miamian Art Deco style. Now, to compare, please check out Miami Beach, and Collins Avenue facing the Atlantic Ocean in Google search. Miami Art Deco are seen in many movies including Bad Boys movie series, Burn Notice TV series, Miami Vice TV Series, Fast and Furious 5, CSI Miami, and many more.
They had Deco White walls at the time and perhaps today they remained that color for a garage? Anyway, that is all they had.
I love Art Deco. It was truly an art in architecture. 20th Century introduced art into architecture and Art Deco was third style in art form into architecture. The other two were Art Nouveau and Prairie Craftsman Movement. Then the final one was Moderne --more modern than Art Deco above and of course, Mid-Century/Googie. Ever since only Mid-Century is having a revival of sort.
This building was well executed in design because of the horizonal lines that truly defined that this is a roller rink. A skating rink is always horizonal and this building is perfectly describe what they are. Unfortunately, they did not do the same for interior. I really love this design. Really. Hey, Miami....
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A. Floor: Clear coated Maple. Floor Layout: Fan.
Building Size: N/A. Built: N/A. Demolished: N/A.
Type of Building: Free-Span Steel Truss Steel-Walled Warehouse - like Building.
Roof: Gable.
Acres: N/A.
Operated: (Overall)-- 1920s(?) to Post-War era of 1940s(?).
Reason for Closure: N/A.
Wanted: Information regarding exact dates of open/closed, why closed, size of rink, rink materials. Also photos. Anyone knows or have photos, please let me know by emailing at [email protected]. Thank you.
Sources: Old Louisville; Courier- Journal - Photo gallery; Courier-Journal - February 21, 2016 article about rinks in Louisville; Google Map;
Date of issue: 11 March 2021.
© Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:16.
This rink ran for a time in the past. I do not have much information but apparently with the Art Deco decor, it dates to 1920s. Likely it was from 1920s to sometimes after 1940s.
They had organ music. Both they had roller skating rink and dancing.
The Interior.
This beautiful interior has Bow Arch ceiling with Free-Span steel Truss. The exterior is hard to see but that is what the interior looked like. It was two story high interior with windows wrapped around on the 2nd floor level although there is no 2nd floor. You will noticed on the steel beam are Christmas lights-style lights. They are not Christmas nor this was not taken during Christmas. Ho-Ho-Ho, its décor like you would have it decorated above your outdoor porch during summer or on your Scamp or Winnebago RVs during summer having a nice cookout.
The interior was not so grand as it was very simple as you can see in the hard-to-see Black-and-White photo. Apparently it had 2 tones of colors. Darker on the bottom. The style interior was not a match to the Art-Deco decor on the outside. It appeared to be Romanesque style inside-- Rome had bottom part of the walls darker than upper parts (check out cool photos of Pompeii).
The Exterior.
This is truly classic Art Deco in simplistic form but quite clear the Art Deco décor. It appeared closely to the Miamian Art Deco style. Now, to compare, please check out Miami Beach, and Collins Avenue facing the Atlantic Ocean in Google search. Miami Art Deco are seen in many movies including Bad Boys movie series, Burn Notice TV series, Miami Vice TV Series, Fast and Furious 5, CSI Miami, and many more.
They had Deco White walls at the time and perhaps today they remained that color for a garage? Anyway, that is all they had.
I love Art Deco. It was truly an art in architecture. 20th Century introduced art into architecture and Art Deco was third style in art form into architecture. The other two were Art Nouveau and Prairie Craftsman Movement. Then the final one was Moderne --more modern than Art Deco above and of course, Mid-Century/Googie. Ever since only Mid-Century is having a revival of sort.
This building was well executed in design because of the horizonal lines that truly defined that this is a roller rink. A skating rink is always horizonal and this building is perfectly describe what they are. Unfortunately, they did not do the same for interior. I really love this design. Really. Hey, Miami....
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A. Floor: Clear coated Maple. Floor Layout: Fan.
Building Size: N/A. Built: N/A. Demolished: N/A.
Type of Building: Free-Span Steel Truss Steel-Walled Warehouse - like Building.
Roof: Gable.
Acres: N/A.
Operated: (Overall)-- 1920s(?) to Post-War era of 1940s(?).
Reason for Closure: N/A.
Wanted: Information regarding exact dates of open/closed, why closed, size of rink, rink materials. Also photos. Anyone knows or have photos, please let me know by emailing at [email protected]. Thank you.
Sources: Old Louisville; Courier- Journal - Photo gallery; Courier-Journal - February 21, 2016 article about rinks in Louisville; Google Map;
Date of issue: 11 March 2021.
© Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:16.