Both courtesy of Pinterest. On left, two color-print. On right, three color-print. Basically very very similar with some differeanced. You noticed the circle behind the female skater. the skater's hair, her eyes, and the fonts sizes were quite different. Also the stars were added around the badge-like emblem. This is fun to compare kind of like a Mad or People Magazine's inside back page fun to see the differences. The reason I said about the hair is because the emblem on the right her hair is more streamed and curled more than the girl on the left which was more rugged. The girl on the left her eyes are facing toward her right. The girl on the right is looking toward the left. Oh there is more! Her right hand on the yellow-blue emblem is more curved down as the girl on the right is curved up. The girl on the left has a line by her nose and mouth. The girl on the right does not have that. I do not need to explain about the fonts. Easy to see the difference.
Google Map. Currently as West Indies Social Club of Hartford. Looks like well taken care of.
Both photos courtesy of West Indies Social Club of Hartford. Wow, beautiful floor. The streaks. Love it. Top photo looked like they were getting ready for a band to play that night. A dance? A singles dance?
Courtesy of Hartford-Courant newspaper, Sunday April 14, 1940. Wow, a lot of skaters skated at this largest rink in the New England or at least in Connecticut.
Billboard October 29, 1955 article talking about another rink that was closing but saw that Hartford's only rink at that time was the Hartford Skating Palace.
Courtesy of Hartford-Courant newspaper, September 26, 1953.
Ad Courtesy of Furniture World, newspaper courtesy of Hartford-Courant newspaper, Sunday July 14, 1968.
Hartford Skating Palace 3340 Main St, Hartford, CT
Skating Palace 3340 Main St, Hartford, CT (aka)
Skating Palace 3340 Main St, Hartford, CT (aka)
The Hartford Skating Palace was on the main street located in Hartford, Connecticut.
It all began when Irving Richland and his brother in law, Harry Neckes, both of New York City when Irving quit his advertising job and Harry who lost his retail position when his employer retired. So, they needed to do something to make a living so they need to go around the the Northeast to find something that would work well business sense. so, they sure did. While traveling, they were in Middletown, NY, a town in upstate NY north of New York City and they spotted a lot of young people in lines to enter this roller skating rink (I wonder what rink this was because I will need to add this!) And they stopped at the rink and paid admission to check out the rink. They saw how popular it was.
Irv said this is the kind of business need to be opened and Harry agreed. But where? So, they finally had to drive some more miles and weeks later, they stopped in Hartford, Connecticut and saw on the Main Street empty garage that was built in 1930 was up for lease. so they decided to take the lease and did all the work to renovated into a skating rink.
They invested the whole thing for almost 50,000 USD (in 2020, it would be 547,033.61 USD) which was a high end at the time. And a 17,000 Dollars Maple wood floor which would cost 185,991.43 USD in today's money which is quite more expensive than what a rink owner would invest in Maple floor today.
They opened first night that Saturday April 13, 1949 with 1000 patrons skating! Far more than the Middletown, NY rink was having in 1948. Thanks to Irv's experience in advertising and Harry in retail sales experience, that make excellent effort in heavy investment in marketing all around with their local newspapers.
It pays to have advertisements, rink operators, owners. Use your head when you see this. What are you seeing? Dead-Rinks. Yes.. but that's not what I am asking you. What do you see? You say computer? You are getting warm but no, what do you see? Internet? Yes, internet. Do you read your local new media? You have Facebook? Mewe? Instagram? Gab? Twitter? Use them. some of those social media are free. Use them to save money but keep advertising heavily. Built up heavy database so you can send in private messages that you are opening up tonight for skating. This rink is excellent example of how well advertising helped as how well your reputation is at Long beach Skate Land and combine them. Today I hear all the time in Yelp how disgusted owners are doing. Lazy staff, yelling at patrons, calling cops for what? Things like that. Totally disgusted.
Even Irv and Harry did not hire uniformed police officers. With police presence which is very 1984 Orwellian that we are currently having with COVID and the upcoming COVID vaccine passport all of us required.. that's sick. Well, back to this, Having police will stress out people more. Yes, it can and I have seen police around really gets me more tense. Hire plain clothes off-duty officers. Get bouncers. Or get someone who can overcome a 300 pounds troublemaker.
But don't hire cocky or bullies because they can cause you trouble legally. It so happened with a bouncer who was a bully beating up the WRONG person in a bar which is a public record-- Sutter's Mill bar on Marshall Street in Syracuse, NY and the police came and found that the bouncer was in error and the New York State Liquor License agency investigated and suspended and fined the bar, not the bouncer, BAR which forced them a 30 days closure suspension and that ultimately destroyed the bar and closed for good. That ripple effect forcing the bar owner to close the other bar in Liverpool. He got into other legal problems.
So, Irv and Harry did correct and this is what made this rink successful.
August 8, 1952, they announced finally they got air conditioning to cool inside during hot muggy summers of the Northeast US.
After the rink closed, a furniture store took over until 1971 when the building was sold to the West Indies Social Club of Hartford.
Since June 8, 1971 purchase, the West Indies Social Club of Hartford, the oldest of its kind in the nation is housed there ever since. They purchased the building for 180,000 USD (in 1971!)
The Interior.
It has beautiful Log Cabin layout format Clear Polyurethane coated Maple floor which is still beautiful floor at this old age. It is currently has a stage and large floor for the club's functions. But back then bit more room on the floor to skate.
The Exterior.
Old 1930 built Dark Red Brick front with Cinderblocks sides and back with Gambrel roof. A former garage converted to a rink then to a furniture store then now a social club tailored which is more resembled to the former rink again.
It sits along the main road in town.
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A. Floor: Clear coated Polyurethane on Maple. Floor Layout: LOG.
Building Size: 17,255 SF. Built: 1930. Demolished: Still standing, currently uses for West Indies Social Club of Hartford--oldest of its kind in nation.
Type of Building: Free-Span Steel Truss Steel-Walled factory - like Building.
Roof: Gambrel.
Acres: 1.31 Acres.
Operated: N/A.
Hartford Skating Palace: Saturday April 13, 1940 to 1963
(Furniture World:) 1964 to 1971 (years of owner of building)
(West Indies Social Club of Hartford:) June 8,1971 to present (dates of owner of building)
Reason for Closure: N/A.
Hartford Skating Palace: N/A.
Furniture World: N/A.
West Indies Social Club of Hartford: Still operational.
Wanted: Information regarding actual dates of open/closed, why closed, size of rink, rink materials. Also photos.
Anyone has pictures and/or information please let me know at [email protected]. Thank you.
Sources: Realty Trac; West Indies Social Club of Hartford (mentioned purchase in 1971); Hartford Courant Sept 26, 1953., Sunday July 14, 1968.,
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It all began when Irving Richland and his brother in law, Harry Neckes, both of New York City when Irving quit his advertising job and Harry who lost his retail position when his employer retired. So, they needed to do something to make a living so they need to go around the the Northeast to find something that would work well business sense. so, they sure did. While traveling, they were in Middletown, NY, a town in upstate NY north of New York City and they spotted a lot of young people in lines to enter this roller skating rink (I wonder what rink this was because I will need to add this!) And they stopped at the rink and paid admission to check out the rink. They saw how popular it was.
Irv said this is the kind of business need to be opened and Harry agreed. But where? So, they finally had to drive some more miles and weeks later, they stopped in Hartford, Connecticut and saw on the Main Street empty garage that was built in 1930 was up for lease. so they decided to take the lease and did all the work to renovated into a skating rink.
They invested the whole thing for almost 50,000 USD (in 2020, it would be 547,033.61 USD) which was a high end at the time. And a 17,000 Dollars Maple wood floor which would cost 185,991.43 USD in today's money which is quite more expensive than what a rink owner would invest in Maple floor today.
They opened first night that Saturday April 13, 1949 with 1000 patrons skating! Far more than the Middletown, NY rink was having in 1948. Thanks to Irv's experience in advertising and Harry in retail sales experience, that make excellent effort in heavy investment in marketing all around with their local newspapers.
It pays to have advertisements, rink operators, owners. Use your head when you see this. What are you seeing? Dead-Rinks. Yes.. but that's not what I am asking you. What do you see? You say computer? You are getting warm but no, what do you see? Internet? Yes, internet. Do you read your local new media? You have Facebook? Mewe? Instagram? Gab? Twitter? Use them. some of those social media are free. Use them to save money but keep advertising heavily. Built up heavy database so you can send in private messages that you are opening up tonight for skating. This rink is excellent example of how well advertising helped as how well your reputation is at Long beach Skate Land and combine them. Today I hear all the time in Yelp how disgusted owners are doing. Lazy staff, yelling at patrons, calling cops for what? Things like that. Totally disgusted.
Even Irv and Harry did not hire uniformed police officers. With police presence which is very 1984 Orwellian that we are currently having with COVID and the upcoming COVID vaccine passport all of us required.. that's sick. Well, back to this, Having police will stress out people more. Yes, it can and I have seen police around really gets me more tense. Hire plain clothes off-duty officers. Get bouncers. Or get someone who can overcome a 300 pounds troublemaker.
But don't hire cocky or bullies because they can cause you trouble legally. It so happened with a bouncer who was a bully beating up the WRONG person in a bar which is a public record-- Sutter's Mill bar on Marshall Street in Syracuse, NY and the police came and found that the bouncer was in error and the New York State Liquor License agency investigated and suspended and fined the bar, not the bouncer, BAR which forced them a 30 days closure suspension and that ultimately destroyed the bar and closed for good. That ripple effect forcing the bar owner to close the other bar in Liverpool. He got into other legal problems.
So, Irv and Harry did correct and this is what made this rink successful.
August 8, 1952, they announced finally they got air conditioning to cool inside during hot muggy summers of the Northeast US.
After the rink closed, a furniture store took over until 1971 when the building was sold to the West Indies Social Club of Hartford.
Since June 8, 1971 purchase, the West Indies Social Club of Hartford, the oldest of its kind in the nation is housed there ever since. They purchased the building for 180,000 USD (in 1971!)
The Interior.
It has beautiful Log Cabin layout format Clear Polyurethane coated Maple floor which is still beautiful floor at this old age. It is currently has a stage and large floor for the club's functions. But back then bit more room on the floor to skate.
The Exterior.
Old 1930 built Dark Red Brick front with Cinderblocks sides and back with Gambrel roof. A former garage converted to a rink then to a furniture store then now a social club tailored which is more resembled to the former rink again.
It sits along the main road in town.
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A. Floor: Clear coated Polyurethane on Maple. Floor Layout: LOG.
Building Size: 17,255 SF. Built: 1930. Demolished: Still standing, currently uses for West Indies Social Club of Hartford--oldest of its kind in nation.
Type of Building: Free-Span Steel Truss Steel-Walled factory - like Building.
Roof: Gambrel.
Acres: 1.31 Acres.
Operated: N/A.
Hartford Skating Palace: Saturday April 13, 1940 to 1963
(Furniture World:) 1964 to 1971 (years of owner of building)
(West Indies Social Club of Hartford:) June 8,1971 to present (dates of owner of building)
Reason for Closure: N/A.
Hartford Skating Palace: N/A.
Furniture World: N/A.
West Indies Social Club of Hartford: Still operational.
Wanted: Information regarding actual dates of open/closed, why closed, size of rink, rink materials. Also photos.
Anyone has pictures and/or information please let me know at [email protected]. Thank you.
Sources: Realty Trac; West Indies Social Club of Hartford (mentioned purchase in 1971); Hartford Courant Sept 26, 1953., Sunday July 14, 1968.,
© Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:16.
®