Credit: Forgotten Roller Rinks of the Past. Another rink featuring a Mercury winged skates. Also shown is a ticket stub. There is a tape measure to show its size. Apparently it was about 9 inches in height. Ticket is good scale to compare.
Credit: Forgotten Roller Rinks of the Past. Noticed its official skate shirt and skates hard carrying case in matching colors. Likely the theme color was blue for the rink. There are no interior photos.
Credit: Unknown. Noticed the sign is above. Compare that to the Google map photo of the place today. That part was removed. It was all stone front facade. Photo below in about the same spot, different time at the time since you can see the banner flags at the edge of the roof awing. Photo courtesy of Forgotten Roller Rinks of the Past. The photo above also showed more updated because of the addition of a window in between front doors and glass blocks as seen above. Compare to photo below.
Most recent updated of same location. New doors, new window replacements. fence removed. Nicer grass cut. but blurred spots by Google not paying attention to their camera while driving! The big sign was removed.
Credit: Google Map taken in 2013. This shows a little changes after Beck's went out of business that the rear part (see right side of building that has no stone veneer. It was clearly similar to what Beck's had (in my opinion). This was during Knights of Columbus ownership.
This Google Map showed same location, but taken in July 2018. A big change since 2013. You will notice that they updated the look on the right half of the side where all the cars are in this picture. Added windows, stormers, and nice wall. They also updated the roof. Clearly the library was completely remodeled.
Beck's Roller Rink, 95 Main Street, Ravena, New York
This skating rink in this small town was opened on the main street of the town. Of course, it was on Main Street, literally. This rink was called Beck's named after the owners/founders' last name, Beck. Edward & Bernice Beck opened the rink in 1955 and ran it till 1970.
There are no interior photos of Beck's to see although they have as a memory board set up at some event for visitors to the society to see what the rink was like. As I can see on the board including the frontage of the building and the patch of the name of the rink with Mercury shoes with wheels on. There are a good number of photos showing in black and white of 1950s through 1960s figure skating, couple skating, and roller ballroom dancing photographs. Clearly that was the aim of this rink at the time because the rink closed in 1970, well before the Roller Disco craze and the children skating Era.
Beck's front showed a very classic 1950s and 1960s appearance with stone veneer and dark vertical wood boards above the ground floor which resembled to Wegmans of 1960s to 1990s look but with stone, not brick like Wegmans did.
It was only the front and front corner that had the stone veneer wall but toward the back side, it was all cinder blocks. Original color was unknown due to the photograph was limited to that front side as you see in the photo. The side was likely white though as white was common color on homes, etc. The front wood plank wall was a faux front because it was a gable roof design for the rink and they had a flat roof wrapped from the front door to the corner toward the back. Must be those are where admissions, snack bar, seating area, and restrooms were as well as skate rental. The gable part was where the rink was laid on ground.
After it was closed in 1970, Knights of Columbus were housed in that building for their meetings. But in late 2000s, many Knights of Columbus posts sold their buildings everywhere as means to cut down on cost. The building became the home for Revena-Coeyman Society Community Library in 2013 where it has been ever since.
Beck's was on a corner where cars would have to park and others park behind and you would not be able to get out unless you know someone whose car was that and ask to move. Knights of Columbus experienced that as well.
Rink Size: N/A Floor: Maple wood. Floor Layout: Unknown
Building Size: N/A Built: N/A
Type of Building: Free Span Steel Warehouse Building.
Roof: Gable
Acres: N/A
Operated: 1955 to 1970.
Wanted: Photos of interior of the rink.
Sources: Forgotten Roller Rinks of the Past, RCS Facebook page, RCHS PDF (See page 3 and 5) RCHS Website.
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This skating rink in this small town was opened on the main street of the town. Of course, it was on Main Street, literally. This rink was called Beck's named after the owners/founders' last name, Beck. Edward & Bernice Beck opened the rink in 1955 and ran it till 1970.
There are no interior photos of Beck's to see although they have as a memory board set up at some event for visitors to the society to see what the rink was like. As I can see on the board including the frontage of the building and the patch of the name of the rink with Mercury shoes with wheels on. There are a good number of photos showing in black and white of 1950s through 1960s figure skating, couple skating, and roller ballroom dancing photographs. Clearly that was the aim of this rink at the time because the rink closed in 1970, well before the Roller Disco craze and the children skating Era.
Beck's front showed a very classic 1950s and 1960s appearance with stone veneer and dark vertical wood boards above the ground floor which resembled to Wegmans of 1960s to 1990s look but with stone, not brick like Wegmans did.
It was only the front and front corner that had the stone veneer wall but toward the back side, it was all cinder blocks. Original color was unknown due to the photograph was limited to that front side as you see in the photo. The side was likely white though as white was common color on homes, etc. The front wood plank wall was a faux front because it was a gable roof design for the rink and they had a flat roof wrapped from the front door to the corner toward the back. Must be those are where admissions, snack bar, seating area, and restrooms were as well as skate rental. The gable part was where the rink was laid on ground.
After it was closed in 1970, Knights of Columbus were housed in that building for their meetings. But in late 2000s, many Knights of Columbus posts sold their buildings everywhere as means to cut down on cost. The building became the home for Revena-Coeyman Society Community Library in 2013 where it has been ever since.
Beck's was on a corner where cars would have to park and others park behind and you would not be able to get out unless you know someone whose car was that and ask to move. Knights of Columbus experienced that as well.
Rink Size: N/A Floor: Maple wood. Floor Layout: Unknown
Building Size: N/A Built: N/A
Type of Building: Free Span Steel Warehouse Building.
Roof: Gable
Acres: N/A
Operated: 1955 to 1970.
Wanted: Photos of interior of the rink.
Sources: Forgotten Roller Rinks of the Past, RCS Facebook page, RCHS PDF (See page 3 and 5) RCHS Website.
© 2019 - 2020 Dead Rinks. All Rights Reserved.