The Hawkins Roller Skating Center 1485 South Hawkins Ave, Akron, OH. Source: The Akron Beacon Journal, Sunday 17 May 1981, Page 119.
The Hawkins Roller Skating Center 1485 South Hawkins Ave, Akron, OH. Taken in 2008. I noticed the school bus so perhaps that was for the rink? I am not sure. Source: Google. Copyrighted Digitally Remastered by Dead-Rinks. Photo cleaned up and clear up from fog! I did my best. (To see original, go to Google Map and copy and paste the address, and then go to earliest year of photo and you will see how fogged it was.
The Hawkins Roller Skating Center 1485 South Hawkins Ave, Akron, OH. Taken in 2011. Wow, nice look. But sadly no more rink. It is a multi-purpose building. Ground floor are stores and services. Upstairs.. maybe apartments? Offices? They built this real quick. Source: Google.
The Hawkins Roller Skating Center 1485 South Hawkins Ave, Akron, OH
The Hawkins Roller Skating Center was located at 1485 South Hawkins Ave, Akron, Ohio before it became a modern shopping plaza with an apartment complex above.
This is a tough one to learn more about this rink. Only I found the name was from a newspaper article about several rinks in area. Then they are gone.
Because the rink was listed in 1981, this apparently showed the rink opened sometimes before 1981 but closed sometimes after 1981.
The Interior.
N/A.
The Exterior.
N/A.
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A. Floor: N/A. Floor Layout: N/A.
Building Size: N/A. Built: N/A. Demolished: After 2008 but before 2011 according to Google. Demolished, rebuilt as a new multi-story multi-purpose plaza.
Type of Building: Columns-Supported Span Steel Trusses Cinderblock wall Shopping Plaza.
Roof: Flat.
Acres: N/A.
Operated: (Overall)-- Before 1981 to 2000s.
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:
The Akron Beacon Journal - Sunday 17 May 1981, Page 119.
Date of issue: 02 July 2021. Update: 02 December 2021.
For office use only: 3.
© Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:3 and 16.
This is a tough one to learn more about this rink. Only I found the name was from a newspaper article about several rinks in area. Then they are gone.
Because the rink was listed in 1981, this apparently showed the rink opened sometimes before 1981 but closed sometimes after 1981.
The Interior.
N/A.
The Exterior.
N/A.
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A. Floor: N/A. Floor Layout: N/A.
Building Size: N/A. Built: N/A. Demolished: After 2008 but before 2011 according to Google. Demolished, rebuilt as a new multi-story multi-purpose plaza.
Type of Building: Columns-Supported Span Steel Trusses Cinderblock wall Shopping Plaza.
Roof: Flat.
Acres: N/A.
Operated: (Overall)-- Before 1981 to 2000s.
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:
The Akron Beacon Journal - Sunday 17 May 1981, Page 119.
Date of issue: 02 July 2021. Update: 02 December 2021.
For office use only: 3.
© Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:3 and 16.