Swank Roller Rink  

Fall Old Timers Reunion is Saturday, October 4th, 2008 - 7-11pm.  Tuesday morning adult organ music class and coffee skate 9am-noon $10 for both! Come see old friends and make new ones.

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The Swank Roller Rink 111th and Western, Chicago IL
"The girl in the front of Swank is Marge (Mathisen Urnik taken in Aug 1961. Jacks picture was taken in Jan 1962. Both taken by me."  Joanne (Anderson) Lipczynski

Thanks for the great photos, Joanne!
The Swank Roller Rink, 111th and Western, Chicago IL

The rink featured air conditioning and the only knee action floor in America - not sure what that meant.

Thanks to Carol Loreth for the information on the Swank Roller Rink:

"When I skated at the Swank in the late fifties-early sixties the organist was Jack Balke. Before him was an organist named Eddie Hollenbeck."

She was a competitive skater at The Swank.

We need more stories and information on the Swank, send them to me!
The Swank Roller Rink had their own matchbooks  

Jack Balke was the last organist at The Swank before it closed.

Jack Balke at the Swank Roller Rink organ
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Did you have this decal on your skate box?  
   

 


Last updated 04/27/2008