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2. Pier 62 Skatepark - Wikipedia

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   Pier 62 Skatepark is a public skatepark located in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. [1] The skatepark, which opened in 2010, is located in Hudson River Park on Pier 62 overlooking the Hudson River. [2] Pier 62 Skatepark is notable as it is the only modern full size vert concrete transition skatepark in New York City. [1]

3. Flipper's Roller Boogie Palace - Wikipedia

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   Flipper's Roller Boogie Palace is a seasonal outdoor roller skating rink that opened in April 2022 in New York City's Rockefeller Center. It marks the revival of the original Flipper's, which operated in Los Angeles from 1979 to 1981 and was dubbed " Studio 54 on wheels" by actor Jaclyn Smith .

4. Andy Kessler Skatepark - Wikipedia

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   Andy Kessler Skatepark formerly Riverside Skatepark is a skatepark located in Riverside Park on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City. [1] Riverside Skatepark is notable as the first full-sized public skatepark in Manhattan, designed and built by renowned skateboarder and skatepark builder Andy Kessler.

5. Skateparks in New York City - Wikipedia

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   Martinez Playground Skate Park (a.k.a. Blue Park & Blue floor) [14] McCarren Park Skatepark [15] Millennium Skate Park a.k.a. Owl's Head Skate Park [16] Robert Venable Skate Park [17] Rudd Skate Park [18] St. Mary's Playground [19] Seba Playground Skate Park; Sgt. William Dougherty Skate Park [20] Substance Skatepark [21] Thomas Greene Park ...

6. Empire Roller Disco - Wikipedia

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   The Empire Roller Rink in 2006. The Empire Roller Disco was a 30,000-square-foot roller rink located at 200 Empire Blvd., in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. [1] The birthplace of roller disco, [2] it was the first venue to showcase jammin', a skate style invented by its attendee and employee Bill "Mr. Charisma" Butler. [3] [1]

7. Roller skating - Wikipedia

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   Early roller skating was done in a straight line because turning or curving was very difficult with the primitive skate designs of the time. Limited to an occasional performance prop at the time, roller skating would not see widespread use until the 1840s. [2]: 7–9 Waitresses in an 1840s beer hall in Berlin used roller skates to serve customers.

8. James Leonard Plimpton - Wikipedia

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   James Leonard Plimpton (1828, Medfield, Massachusetts - 1911) was an American inventor who is known for changing the skating world with his patented roller skates in 1863. . Plimpton's roller skates were safer and easier to use than the existing versions, his "rocker skates" or quad skates allowed people to steer by simply leaning to the left or the r

9. The Roxy (New York City) - Wikipedia

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   The Roxy (sometimes Roxy NYC) was a popular nightclub and former disco roller rink located at 515 West 18th Street in New York City. Located in the Chelsea section of Manhattan, it began as a roller disco in 1978, founded by Steve Bauman, Richard Newhouse and Steve Greenberg. [1] It was acquired in 1985 by Gene DiNino.