The Van Cortlandt Park Ice Skating Rink is scheduled to open to the public on Monday afternoon November 19th. Work as of today Saturday November 17th is almost complete for the Ice Skating rink to open on Monday. The ice for the rink has been put inside the arena and just has to be smoothed down one or two more times until it is ready to be opened up to the public. As you can see in the photos below rink general manager Ron Kraut laced up his skates to test out the ice. That is Bronx Parks Commissioner Hector Aponte looking on to the left.
Left - Mr. Kraut testing out the ice. Right - He starts to do full laps around the rink.
Left and Right - some fancy foot work by Mr. Kraut on the ice.
As he finishes his test run of the ice, Mr. Kraut smiles with pleasure as the Van Cortlandt Park Ice Skating Rink is less than 48 hours away from opening.
2 comments:
Mr. Press, weren't you one of the skeptical naysayers who foolishly opposed this skating rink from the start?
I did not oppose the rink. I wanted answers to questions that had no answers. I wanted to know what the prices would be, just who was going to use the rink and when, how much revenue the city would be making, what would the area look like after the ice skating season, and I was for something to use the space year round as in the summer also. I still have many questions, but the rink is now open. It was done deal from the start no matter what anyone says.
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