Based on conversations with roller skaters and the comments in my Calling Chicago West Side Roller Skaters post, here is a listing of west side roller skating rinks in Chicago and other places they skated: Roller Skating Rinks Concrete Jungle Concrete Jungle – Madison & Menard Motion Explosion 7 Grand Roller Rink Hot Wheels Broadway… Read More »
My mother said that Englewood High School in Chicago opened their doors to the community for roller skating on Friday nights in the 70s. I also learned that a lot of people roller skated at Catholic schools. Here are the more popular ones mentioned during my roller skating interviews: St. Anslem Our Lady of the… Read More »
If you roller skated at Madison Roller Rink, Hot Wheels, Top Flight, St. Agatha or Maywood Roller Rink or any other rink on the west side of Chicago, your stories, images and other memorabilia are needed. We would love to hear from you. At which other West side rinks did you roller skate?