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Hubbard School, is it still a funtioning school? or the old 2nd ave school playground...the wonderbread lot or the Jeffrey, though both a fur piece from High St. have lots of space.
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Ice Skating Rink in the Short North?
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chrisgillespie
Short North/Victorian Village
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I think Hubbard School is still a school. The Short North Civic Assn does parking there during Comfest, and splits the proceeds with the school.
Does this have to be on a pavement, or is it possible to prep a grassy foundation with an underlayment or something? The union hall on Price has a big parking lot, but they also have a big grassy lot (at least I think it's them). I don't think they'd allow part of the paved lot to be used - sometimes they have big meetings (although, couldn't hurt to ask). However, they might allow the grassy area (maybe if promises of grass seeding were included in the deal). Anyway, it's just a block off of High, and pretty much right in the middle of the SN.
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Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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es212300 wrote >>
I haven't been able to find anything about Skate on State this year either. Is that a thing of the past?Yeah, they ended it two or maybe three winters ago. From what I heard, the attendance wasn't enough to justify keeping it going. Anne & I checked it out a few times and enjoyed it. I think they needed a couple of more activities going on in conjunction with it to get it up to the critical mass that it needed. Might be cool to see it return to Columbus Commons or the new Bicentennial Park area of the new Riverfront.
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VicVillage Guy
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I assume your not technically allowed to skate on the pond in Goodale but do people actually do it?
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chaptal
West Side
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alison wrote >>
I forgot -- why is the Ice Haus skating rink at the Arena not sufficient?Because there are people who think skating outdoors in a wintertime urban setting is fun. The Ice Haus is a good option, as is the OSU Ice Rink and the Chiller.
I still say Jym Ganahal, with a garden hose and the Ibiza lot would rival any trio from Jeni's :)
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groundrules
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didn't they do this down on the statehouse lawn, or nearby once?
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alison
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Yep, and they do it on Fountain Square in Cincinnati. Mushier ice has rarely been skated on.
Cincy used to have an outside rink on the river, near the boathouse. It was actually a plastic surface, not real ice, but it was a lot of fun if you weren't real demanding.
I forget what the plastic surface was called, but seem to remember it was all the thing back in the late 80's.
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joev
Merion Village
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Good for Nelsonville - it's a cool little town! I'll have to make it down there if Columbus doesn't get a rink together.
A few years ago, my wife and I skated at the rink on the Statehouse Lawn a few times. They had A Christmas Story playing on the video board at State and High. It was great fun, but we had the place to ourselves.
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Core_Models
Columbus
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I think this is something that should really be targeted for Columbus Commons if possible, seems like an ideal place in the future (particularly since there was an outdoor skating rink on that location).
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groundrules
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there's a weird (and tiny) artificial surface set up at creekside in gahanna. sweet, if you like skating on a giant cutting board. never tried it.
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lisathewaitress
SoHud
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I think the skating rink on State St suffered because the first year it was up, we had an incredibly warm December, and it just didn't seem like weather to go ice skating in (which in retrospect is rather silly, being that warm weather would be perfect). The second December was ridiculously and bitterly cold. Every time we thought of going it just seemed to cold and miserable.
It might have been the other way around, cold then warm, I can't remember specifically, but I do remember thinking if we had just had an average, 25-40 degree December with a smattering of snow here and there, it would have been more widely used.
I don't think they gave it a chance to be successful. On the other hand, I can see why they would let it go if they lost money 2 years in a row.
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groundrules
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smrt 1 wrote >>
Concerning the Ice Haus,
They also have the most inconvenient hours for normal people to skate. They can't possibly have a hockey game there every night.no, but they have lots of practice. kids teams, etc. ice time is always at a premium, and a guarantee the leagues pay more for it than you would at open skate.
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osulew
My house...in the middle of my street
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I stayed in Downtown Cinci last night, and there was ice skating in Fountain square right outside my hotel. It was bad ass!!! There were probably 30 people out there skating at 8pm on a Tuesday night.
Not my pic...just to show ya how cool it is. :)
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