“All skate, all skate!” When Elynor Gould’s voice me over the public addrs system at Gay Blas Roller Rk, the skaters on the floor – sometim numberg the hundreds – knew that the upl’ skate, backwards skate, Hokey Pokey or other specialty spotlight was over. “All skate” was the announcement that everyone, no matter
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- VTAGE ST. PETE: WHEN GAY BLAS WAS THE CENTER OF THE SKATG UNIVERSE
- COMMUNY VOIC: AT GAY BLAS, ‘ WAS A MORE NOCENT TIME’
VTAGE ST. PETE: WHEN GAY BLAS WAS THE CENTER OF THE SKATG UNIVERSE
When Elynor Gould’s voice me over the public addrs system at Gay Blas Roller Rk, the skaters on the floor – sometim numberg the hundreds – knew that the upl’ skate, backwards skate, Hokey Pokey or other specialty spotlight was over.
Gay Blas, photographed 1964. Gay Blas was one of St.
COMMUNY VOIC: AT GAY BLAS, ‘ WAS A MORE NOCENT TIME’
Pete – the Boulevard, the Pastime, the Pellas, the Zk and Southland among them – but none had the stayg power of Gay Blas, which opened 1950 and was still packg ‘em when was sold to make way for a medil arts buildg 1985.
Pete rk had been named honor of the famo Gay Blas Rollerdrome, at 52nd Street and Broadway New York.