Business card courtesy of Glad Cygan.
Courtesy of Aloughman. The front of the Roxy. Now it is some kind of art place.
Google Map, 2009. Two years after the rink/night club closed for good, it was already in sad and defaced appearance. Illegal graffati, spray painted Bright Orange Squares, debris and trash inside the fenced area (see right, under bridge). Concrete on top part discoloration.
Google Map showed the arched canopy disappeared. Looked like some garages are open. Cross the street they are doing some big project to built. They have cleaned up pretty good at this 2014 mapping. A fancy firm is in place of the former The Roxy at far end by the Bridge.
The Roxy 515 West 18th Street, New York City, New York
The Roxy was another famous roller skating rink in New York City that closed the same year as Empire Roller Skating Center. The Roxy was a Disco-focused skating center. It was originally open in 1978 as a roller skating rink and roller disco (not a rink but a dance floor where you can roller disco dance on).
But the owners, Steve Bauman, Richard Newhouse, and Steve Greenburg converted the rink into a disco in 1982 when roller skating began to fade. The rink was nicknamed as "Studio 54 of Roller Skating" whereas Studio 54 was famous founding place where Disco was born and was well-known on TV when they had weekly disco contest and location for the movie starring John Travolta in famous "Saturday Night Fever."
This was the location where they had so many celebrities attended including the Late Andy Warhol, the 1980 US Olympic Gold Medal Team celebrated, Jessica Simpson, and others.
Saturday nights were gay nights. Many celebrity singers and DJs were present at the Roxy.
The original owners sold the business to Gene DiNino. And closed for good in March 2007, one month before another famous rink-Empire Skates Roller Center closed.
At one point, the Roxy was called 10-18 and it was actually a code for some criminal activities and the city shut that down. Sound like a rave drug-related activities were happening there.
The Roxy was originally closed for a few weeks in the Fall and reopened on December 2, 2006 but the reboot failed and closed for good on March 10, 2007.
The Roxy had filmed for a network, LOGO on cable to show what is like for the last time. It was aired in August 2008, a year and half after it was closed for good.
They originally wanted to tear down the building and built a high-rise apartment next door to the other high-rise however, the building lives on. The Roxy building lives on. But not as a rink and not as a disco though.
There was a documentary film called, "Roxy: The Last Dance" on LOGO Channel.
Rink Size: N/A Floor: N/A Floor Layout: N/A
Building Size: N/A Built: N/A Demolished: N/A
Type of Building: Free Span Steel Cinderblock multi-story Building.
Roof: Flat
Acres: N/A
Operated: 1978 - Fall of 2006, reopened on December 2, 2006 to March 10, 2007
Reason for Closure: Decline, turned into night club then later night club closed.
Wanted: Information regarding photos of interior, exact date of open, why closed--is that because of decline number of skaters?
Sources: Wikipedia; Daily News "The Rise and Fall of Roller Skating in New York City"
© 2019 - 2020 Dead Rinks. All Rights Reserved. (Revised)
The Roxy was another famous roller skating rink in New York City that closed the same year as Empire Roller Skating Center. The Roxy was a Disco-focused skating center. It was originally open in 1978 as a roller skating rink and roller disco (not a rink but a dance floor where you can roller disco dance on).
But the owners, Steve Bauman, Richard Newhouse, and Steve Greenburg converted the rink into a disco in 1982 when roller skating began to fade. The rink was nicknamed as "Studio 54 of Roller Skating" whereas Studio 54 was famous founding place where Disco was born and was well-known on TV when they had weekly disco contest and location for the movie starring John Travolta in famous "Saturday Night Fever."
This was the location where they had so many celebrities attended including the Late Andy Warhol, the 1980 US Olympic Gold Medal Team celebrated, Jessica Simpson, and others.
Saturday nights were gay nights. Many celebrity singers and DJs were present at the Roxy.
The original owners sold the business to Gene DiNino. And closed for good in March 2007, one month before another famous rink-Empire Skates Roller Center closed.
At one point, the Roxy was called 10-18 and it was actually a code for some criminal activities and the city shut that down. Sound like a rave drug-related activities were happening there.
The Roxy was originally closed for a few weeks in the Fall and reopened on December 2, 2006 but the reboot failed and closed for good on March 10, 2007.
The Roxy had filmed for a network, LOGO on cable to show what is like for the last time. It was aired in August 2008, a year and half after it was closed for good.
They originally wanted to tear down the building and built a high-rise apartment next door to the other high-rise however, the building lives on. The Roxy building lives on. But not as a rink and not as a disco though.
There was a documentary film called, "Roxy: The Last Dance" on LOGO Channel.
Rink Size: N/A Floor: N/A Floor Layout: N/A
Building Size: N/A Built: N/A Demolished: N/A
Type of Building: Free Span Steel Cinderblock multi-story Building.
Roof: Flat
Acres: N/A
Operated: 1978 - Fall of 2006, reopened on December 2, 2006 to March 10, 2007
Reason for Closure: Decline, turned into night club then later night club closed.
Wanted: Information regarding photos of interior, exact date of open, why closed--is that because of decline number of skaters?
Sources: Wikipedia; Daily News "The Rise and Fall of Roller Skating in New York City"
© 2019 - 2020 Dead Rinks. All Rights Reserved. (Revised)