Dorso's Rollercade Toledo 925 Berdan Ave., Toledo OH.
Ice House Ice Rink 925 Berdan Ave, Toledo OH
Ice House Roller Rink 925 Berdan Ave, Toledo OH
Dorso's Rollercade Toledo 925 Berdan Ave, Toledo OH
Rollercade Toledo 925 Berdan Ave, Toledo OH
Ice House Roller Rink 925 Berdan Ave, Toledo OH
Dorso's Rollercade Toledo 925 Berdan Ave, Toledo OH
Rollercade Toledo 925 Berdan Ave, Toledo OH
First, it was Ice House Ice Rink then briefly later, it became Ice House Roller Rink which eventually became Dorso's Rollercade Toledo at 925 Berdan Avenue, Toledo Ohio was operational until the government needed to take over to built a new highway called Interstate 71. That is sad that they do that just in the sake of highways. They should have thought of highways before new places being built. Or work around it somehow. Anyway, First it was an Ice House then Rollercade.
The name Rollercade Toledo was often named that way but also Toledo Rollercade and even Dorso's Rollercade when the Dorso's owned it.
In fact, this rink was one of few controversial roller rink due to civil rights discrimination.
They were closed due to the government planning to built a new onramp for southbound Interstate-71 and the new highway along with it. USGS showed the history of that immediate area. Strange, they removed the onramp southbound years later.
I do not have a photo of the front of the building but seeing from USGS, it appeared to be that part Gambrel and part Bonnet/Hip roof design. Today it is gone thanks to the government tearing that one down and built Interstate 71. They could have gotten next door property which is now a defunct factory building with multi-stories. Oh well.
There were two publications talked about the floor at Rollercade, one explained there were problems but it did not specifically what went wrong. Clearly it did say something went wrong but I am sure they fixed the problem.
The Interior.
The rink floor was 90 feet by 210 feet. That translate if it was 100 by 200 feet. It was a large rink. It even had SEVEN (7) rows of benches or seating for spectators to watch skaters compete or sporting there. No wonder they even hosted several times skating events including state championships, Holiday on Wheels, an Ice Follies/Ice Capades type of show but with roller skating. Well, in fact, it WAS an ice rink for a time from 1940 to 1944. So, that made sense regarding the seating. Rarely rinks have them today.
They had a 39 foot ceiling clearance from center of the rink. That was quite high but they had to add Fiberglass ceiling panels that you see often at rinks, offices, doctors' offices, and more. They installed for two reasons-- to reduce heat loss and exposure in order to conserve cost. and second of all, to reduce noise echoism. High ceilings tend to echo more. They installed the new panels in April 1954.
Now, the rink itself was Rotunda Hard wood Maple with Tongue and Groove attachment.
The Exterior.
Free-Span Steel Trusses Cinderblock-Walled mix Building with a Gambrel Roof with Bonnet/Hip (Unique) that I could not describe it which is which. It is a hybrid of style of roof. Making this place very unique in design. Too bad it was torn down by the government to built a new onramp for I-71 Southbound and new highway. They later removed the onramp.
The Stats:
Rink Size: 90' x 210'. Floor: Non-painted, Epoxy coated, Tongue and Groove Hardwood Maple.
Floor Layout: Rotunda
Building Size: 130' x 250'. Built/Renovations:1940/1944 (into roller rink). Demolished: 1971 to make way for onramp Interstate-71. .
Type of Building: Free-Span Steel Trusses Cinderblock-Walled mix Building.
Roof: Gambrel Roof with Bonnet/Hip (Unique).
Acres: N/A.
Operated: (Overall)-- N/A.
Ice House Ice Rink: March 11, 1940 to 1944.
Ice House Roller Rink:
Dorso's Rollercade Toledo: 1944 to 1971.
Rollercade Toledo: 1944 to 1971.
Reason for Closure: Torn down for an expressway in 1971.
Ice House Ice Rink:
Ice House Roller Rink:
Dorso's Rollercade Toledo: Torn down for an expressway in 1971.
Rollercade Toledo: Torn down for an expressway in 1971.
Wanted: Information regarding exact dates of open/closed, size of rink, rink materials. Also photos/articles. Anyone knows or have photos, please let me know by emailing at [email protected]. Thank you.
Sources:
American Builder Vol. 72 through Google Books.
Billboard - March 23, 1946, page 81, 2nd column.
Billboard - July 22, 1944, page 43.
American Lumberman - page 125. (Poor snippet of that article. Both this one and American Builder were terrible at snippet that you cannot read the whole article about it. I tried. You can try but you can't.
Billboard - January 1, 1955, page 43. (2 articles!)
Billboard - July 23, 1955, page 114.
Jet (Magazine) - September 20, 1962. Ordered to allow...
Jet (Magazine) - November 1, 1962. Finally ends controversy.
Race, Riots, and Roller Coaster book - about the riots and discrimination.
Date of issue: 21 July 2021.
For office use only:
© Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:3 and 16.
The name Rollercade Toledo was often named that way but also Toledo Rollercade and even Dorso's Rollercade when the Dorso's owned it.
In fact, this rink was one of few controversial roller rink due to civil rights discrimination.
They were closed due to the government planning to built a new onramp for southbound Interstate-71 and the new highway along with it. USGS showed the history of that immediate area. Strange, they removed the onramp southbound years later.
I do not have a photo of the front of the building but seeing from USGS, it appeared to be that part Gambrel and part Bonnet/Hip roof design. Today it is gone thanks to the government tearing that one down and built Interstate 71. They could have gotten next door property which is now a defunct factory building with multi-stories. Oh well.
There were two publications talked about the floor at Rollercade, one explained there were problems but it did not specifically what went wrong. Clearly it did say something went wrong but I am sure they fixed the problem.
The Interior.
The rink floor was 90 feet by 210 feet. That translate if it was 100 by 200 feet. It was a large rink. It even had SEVEN (7) rows of benches or seating for spectators to watch skaters compete or sporting there. No wonder they even hosted several times skating events including state championships, Holiday on Wheels, an Ice Follies/Ice Capades type of show but with roller skating. Well, in fact, it WAS an ice rink for a time from 1940 to 1944. So, that made sense regarding the seating. Rarely rinks have them today.
They had a 39 foot ceiling clearance from center of the rink. That was quite high but they had to add Fiberglass ceiling panels that you see often at rinks, offices, doctors' offices, and more. They installed for two reasons-- to reduce heat loss and exposure in order to conserve cost. and second of all, to reduce noise echoism. High ceilings tend to echo more. They installed the new panels in April 1954.
Now, the rink itself was Rotunda Hard wood Maple with Tongue and Groove attachment.
The Exterior.
Free-Span Steel Trusses Cinderblock-Walled mix Building with a Gambrel Roof with Bonnet/Hip (Unique) that I could not describe it which is which. It is a hybrid of style of roof. Making this place very unique in design. Too bad it was torn down by the government to built a new onramp for I-71 Southbound and new highway. They later removed the onramp.
The Stats:
Rink Size: 90' x 210'. Floor: Non-painted, Epoxy coated, Tongue and Groove Hardwood Maple.
Floor Layout: Rotunda
Building Size: 130' x 250'. Built/Renovations:1940/1944 (into roller rink). Demolished: 1971 to make way for onramp Interstate-71. .
Type of Building: Free-Span Steel Trusses Cinderblock-Walled mix Building.
Roof: Gambrel Roof with Bonnet/Hip (Unique).
Acres: N/A.
Operated: (Overall)-- N/A.
Ice House Ice Rink: March 11, 1940 to 1944.
Ice House Roller Rink:
Dorso's Rollercade Toledo: 1944 to 1971.
Rollercade Toledo: 1944 to 1971.
Reason for Closure: Torn down for an expressway in 1971.
Ice House Ice Rink:
Ice House Roller Rink:
Dorso's Rollercade Toledo: Torn down for an expressway in 1971.
Rollercade Toledo: Torn down for an expressway in 1971.
Wanted: Information regarding exact dates of open/closed, size of rink, rink materials. Also photos/articles. Anyone knows or have photos, please let me know by emailing at [email protected]. Thank you.
Sources:
American Builder Vol. 72 through Google Books.
Billboard - March 23, 1946, page 81, 2nd column.
Billboard - July 22, 1944, page 43.
American Lumberman - page 125. (Poor snippet of that article. Both this one and American Builder were terrible at snippet that you cannot read the whole article about it. I tried. You can try but you can't.
Billboard - January 1, 1955, page 43. (2 articles!)
Billboard - July 23, 1955, page 114.
Jet (Magazine) - September 20, 1962. Ordered to allow...
Jet (Magazine) - November 1, 1962. Finally ends controversy.
Race, Riots, and Roller Coaster book - about the riots and discrimination.
Date of issue: 21 July 2021.
For office use only:
© Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:3 and 16.