Riverview Roller Rink
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Date Opened: 1904 Date Closed: 1971
Location: Bordered by Western and Belmont Avenues, the Chicago River and Lane Tech High School
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This was found by Dean Hickstein when
he was going through his fathers photos from the
1940's.It's the outside of Riverview Roller Rink. The
sign says Chicago's Courtesy Rink. - thanks Dean!
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 Thanks Bill!
for a video of the fire, click
HERE
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Click on the map for a larger map of the
park. The roller rink was on the Belmont Ave. side of the
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Date Opened: 1904 Date Closed:
Riverview Roller Rink burned in 1971
(thanks for the update, Denise Evers)
Location: Bordered by Western and Belmont Avenues, the Chicago River and Lane Tech High School
Remains at site: None
Trolley Park: Yes
Notes: Riverview was one of the greatest of all amusement parks.
Bill Rebel contributed on October 23, 2003, at 2:36pm. Last updated on October 23, 2003, at 5:07pm.
My father worked as a guard at Riverview in the 60's until when it burned down. I have photos of the fire. I remember as a kid seeing the smoke from Horner Park while playing little league. We thought WGN was burning. After we drove to fire it turned out to be the rink. If there is interest leave a post. I'll send the pictures to the Hub web page. I also found some photos of the inside of the rink in my father's collection. Maybe they will put them on their web site. They do keep track of the yearly Hub, Axle Riverview reunion.
