Northport Girls!

swags1016 Posted: Mar 24, 2004 05:44 PM

Northport Girls!

The roller rink burned down. I am so sad. I spent all my junior high years there!!

AmyKay Posted: Mar 24, 2004 05:54 PM

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the old roller rink over by naper tandy's???

swags1016 Posted: Mar 24, 2004 05:59 PM

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Yes the one next to the carvel that back Napper Tandy's.

They said that it had been closed for a year (I thought that it had been closed longer) and that they were selling the property.

Jenny5150 Posted: Mar 24, 2004 06:00 PM

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Ahhh...that would explain the TV crew and fire trucks this morning!!!

swags1016 Posted: Mar 24, 2004 06:00 PM

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Memories go up in smoke as the Northport Skating Rink burns to the ground

Play the video (03/24/04) NORTHPORT - It was a Long Island landmark for almost a century, but the old Northport Skating Rink is now part of the past.
The building on Fort Salonga Road caught fire early Wednesday morning. Eight area fire departments responded to the blaze and one fire fighter suffered minor injuries. About a half hour after firefighters arrived at the scene, the roof had collapsed. What remained of the building has been leveled.

The building, built in 1908, was originally a stable for polo horses. Then in the 1930s it was turned in to a roller rink. Many residents have fond memories of the skating rink that had been abandoned for about a year.

Fire officials are investigating what caused the blaze.

yabbobay Posted: Mar 24, 2004 06:22 PM

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OMG...Laces and/or Rolls!!!!

cocoa Posted: Mar 24, 2004 06:23 PM

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wow...i so loved that place...i can even recall perfectly the layout of it but i never had a slush puppy from there and i always wanted one and my mom would always say no...

04Bride Posted: Mar 24, 2004 08:20 PM

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i used to love roller skating( not there though, I am a queens girl)

Glad no one was hurt

Eli Posted: Mar 24, 2004 09:03 PM

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oh no! i spent many days and birthday parties there in the 80's!! it's so weird b/c on sunday as i was driving by it i was wondering if it would ever open at all again (not as a roller rink of course) b/c it has just been sitting there for a while.

jenny2penny Posted: Mar 25, 2004 06:50 AM

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AmyKay Posted: Mar 25, 2004 07:49 AM

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I'm surprised it was still standing after the two fires the lumber yard had.

I loved playing the hoky poky or the number game.

deedee Posted: Mar 25, 2004 11:00 AM

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wasn't it turned into a skate park and then a hockey rink???

stacedz Posted: Mar 25, 2004 11:13 AM

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LACES!

DecBride04 Posted: Mar 25, 2004 11:19 AM

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Wow, I didn't know that. I am surprise my mom or best friend didn't call me asap. They are like that when anything new happens in Northport. I lived there as a kid, but no more... Can't afford the price of housing $$$$ I was a big fan of Viva Jaun's over in Huntington, that burnt down over the weekend too. I loved to go Kareoke there on Fri/Sat nights.

deedee Posted: Mar 25, 2004 11:29 AM

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No more Viva Juan's? Margharitaville is closed down in Huntington from a fire a few weeks ago also.

reallybehind! Posted: Mar 25, 2004 11:55 AM

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oh that's so sad, i actually got my start as a competitive roller skater there years ago. ahh well...

about viva jaun's- is that completely gone or was it a small fire?

yabbobay Posted: Mar 25, 2004 11:58 AM

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Posted by DecBride04

I was a big fan of Viva Jaun's over in Huntington, that burnt down over the weekend too.

WHAT!!!?????!!!??!

OMG...NO!!!!!!!

Shamee Posted: Mar 25, 2004 12:13 PM

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That's so sad.

I hate hearing about stuff like that, places that memories were created in going up in smoke. I felt that way when the old Levittown Roller Rink closed, Bayshore Arena, Commack Roller Rink and Nunley's. It was like a piece of my childhood memories were gone. I never heard/knew of that rink or else I would have gone for sure. I still going roller skating in Massapequa on 'adult nights/mondays' although I haven't since I've been pg.

Can't wait to lace back up!!!

cocoa Posted: Mar 25, 2004 03:00 PM

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i saw viva juans yesterday and it looked okay from the outside but the windows were boarded up. the best part about the roller rink was going to carvel afterwards. and where did the shopping center go?????? i haven't driven on 25a in so long and suddenly, it's gone!!!!!!!!!