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Moss Boards

I had always guessed this room to be a roller skating rink due to the old 1970s era skates lying around.
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another great photo Motts!
uberx midwest
Wed 03-31-2010
That was probably a beautiful, highly polished floor, now look at it. Actually I think I like it better now.
eldokid@aol.com
Wed 03-31-2010
ANOTHER COOL SPLASH OF COLORS, THIS ROOM WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPRESSIVE IN ITS HAYDAY
GLENN
Wed 03-31-2010
Seems like a pretty random thing to have at a place like this.
money
Wed 03-31-2010
Wow!
Mike
Wed 03-31-2010
I love the colors.
Dawn Michelle
Wed 03-31-2010
Wow! The colors! Any closeups of the skates? What a cool thing!
TootUncommon
Wed 03-31-2010
I think I have a photo of a skate in one of the return trips...
Motts
Thu 04-01-2010
aint nothing but a rotten floor and memories now
Merc24
Thu 04-01-2010
people had fun in a horrible place and now it just screams sadness
Joe
Thu 04-01-2010
At first glance I would guess bowling alley, But if scate where lying around that pretty well tell it all.
Ferdy
Thu 04-01-2010
that floor looks safe to walk on lol
Dean
Sun 04-04-2010
great colors once again motts!
Radio
Wed 04-07-2010
Fantastic! My father the hardwood floor man would hate to see that. The way the moss is growing is so cool.
Kathy W.
Fri 04-09-2010
Bizarre in every way!
Amazed
Sat 04-17-2010
The array of colors sorta draws you into the picture. It looks like a little world of it's own. Those red block things look sorta like roofs.
Kolfritz
Thu 04-22-2010
Does anybody else see the "micro-village" in the mossy area? It must be where the Schmarfs live. (They are a species very closley related to the Smurfs.)
Kolfritz
Thu 04-22-2010
Could be a Ballet Studio... But a skating rink seems more a direction to point to cuz of the skates
YUM PEANUTS YUM
Tue 05-18-2010
I think all of us are right.

It was a multi purpose room.

Wood floors were common and the same pattern/type of wood was used in ballrooms, skating rinks and baskitball gyms.
Eric
Mon 06-28-2010
Great Photo Back behind the stage in the theater (the wall in between has fallen in the reveal a glimpse of the floor next to it.)
CP I Love Rosa
Thu 11-04-2010
This was the roller skateing rink, last used mid 60's. was still in good shape when I started working there in the early 70's ,but never saw it used...
GMichael
Sat 12-18-2010
at least the people got to have some enjoyment in a place like this. I wish I got to roller skate when I was "invited" to stay in one of these places as Carrie Fisher would say haha
GetFuzzy
Fri 12-31-2010
Wow! What a find! Love all of the moss.
Aidan
Sat 01-15-2011
Wow...nice pattern that the moss is growing!

I used to skate at a local rink up to about 1990, and this picture just brought back the flood of memories of that time with my then boyfriend Joe G....skating an all-night-skate after begging my mom to let me go. :)

Nice. Sad, but nice.
MamaToFiveInPA
Sun 02-06-2011
Disco time.
gypsy
Sun 04-10-2011

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