Stone Street Arena Roller Rink 87 Stone Street, Rochester, New York. Automotive dealership before rink was opened on same property. Source: Democrat & Chronicle, Friday, May 30, 1944.
Stone Street Arena Roller Rink 87 Stone Street, Rochester, New York. Skating began. Source: Democrat & Chronicle, Sunday, December 1, 1945.
Stone Street Arena Roller Rink 87 Stone Street, Rochester, New York. Stone Street Arena joined RSROA in 1953. Source: Billboard September 26, 1953.
Stone Street Arena Roller Rink 87 Stone Street, Rochester, New York. This was taken by USGS in 1951. You can see the building was there. See it appeared to have a black streak on roof? That was where the rink was. Source: USGS. Photo on right digitally remastered by Dead-Rinks.
Stone Street Arena Roller Rink 87 Stone Street, Rochester, New York. Today it is a city square park. They renovated a couple of times since 2007 according to Google. Source: Google.
Stone Street Arena Roller Rink 87 Stone Street, Rochester, New York
Stone Street Arena was a roller rink in the City of Rochester, New York. Downtown. It was one of the older generation of roller rink before the Golden Era of skating of 1950s.
Not much information regarding this rink because it is all lost. It was opened in 1935 according to a proof that there was an advertisement for automobiles for sale. A car dealership was on that site before it went out of business in the middle of the Great Depression as people could not afford an automobile. However, recreation was gaining popular for American during this depressing era. Skating, miniature golf, swimming. Those three were very popular at the time.
The ad explained the new rink open for business opening every evening starting in 1935. There was an ad in 1953 explaining they joined RSROA (Roller Skate Rink Operators Association., now defunct). It's demise occurred around early 1950s. Only to run just under 20 years. They could have kept open because roller skating was getting popular in 1950s. They just missed their chance. Information is not available. Any one has any more information, please contact me at [email protected] and I will add to this site. Same goes for the photos.
Likely by the era, likely it was brick building with a dome/arched roof similar to many rinks of its day (see Levittown Arena or the Onondaga County War Memorial Arena for an idea of what I am talking about). I may be wrong but usually rinks of its day was in the city or downtown with such arched roof.
Only visual presentation I can show is a traveling sticker of this rink. It showed silhouette of a couple skating.
They closed around 1950s and that is not much information ever since. If see from street level, it is now a nice tiny park downtown Rochester. Trees, sidewalk, grass. And a bunch of newspaper boxes! Wow, that is the only 20th Century relics left at that park! Who reads newspapers anymore?
Rink Size: N/A Floor: N/A Floor Layout: N/A
Building Size: N/A Built: c. 1935 Demolished: Now a park
Type of Building: N/A
Roof: N/A
Acres: N/A
Operations: 1935 to c. 1953.
Reason for Closure: N/A
Wanted: Information regarding more photos and materials. Exact dates.
Sources: Need more sources!
Date of Issue: 2019 Updated: 18 July 2021.
For Office Only: 10p (2 tm, 2 g, 3 a, 3 o.).
© Dead Rinks. All Rights Reserved. (Updated)
Not much information regarding this rink because it is all lost. It was opened in 1935 according to a proof that there was an advertisement for automobiles for sale. A car dealership was on that site before it went out of business in the middle of the Great Depression as people could not afford an automobile. However, recreation was gaining popular for American during this depressing era. Skating, miniature golf, swimming. Those three were very popular at the time.
The ad explained the new rink open for business opening every evening starting in 1935. There was an ad in 1953 explaining they joined RSROA (Roller Skate Rink Operators Association., now defunct). It's demise occurred around early 1950s. Only to run just under 20 years. They could have kept open because roller skating was getting popular in 1950s. They just missed their chance. Information is not available. Any one has any more information, please contact me at [email protected] and I will add to this site. Same goes for the photos.
Likely by the era, likely it was brick building with a dome/arched roof similar to many rinks of its day (see Levittown Arena or the Onondaga County War Memorial Arena for an idea of what I am talking about). I may be wrong but usually rinks of its day was in the city or downtown with such arched roof.
Only visual presentation I can show is a traveling sticker of this rink. It showed silhouette of a couple skating.
They closed around 1950s and that is not much information ever since. If see from street level, it is now a nice tiny park downtown Rochester. Trees, sidewalk, grass. And a bunch of newspaper boxes! Wow, that is the only 20th Century relics left at that park! Who reads newspapers anymore?
Rink Size: N/A Floor: N/A Floor Layout: N/A
Building Size: N/A Built: c. 1935 Demolished: Now a park
Type of Building: N/A
Roof: N/A
Acres: N/A
Operations: 1935 to c. 1953.
Reason for Closure: N/A
Wanted: Information regarding more photos and materials. Exact dates.
Sources: Need more sources!
Date of Issue: 2019 Updated: 18 July 2021.
For Office Only: 10p (2 tm, 2 g, 3 a, 3 o.).
© Dead Rinks. All Rights Reserved. (Updated)