Lloyd Center Ice Rink: See historical photos of the 50-year-old rink (original) (raw)
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Friday we brought you the story of planned changes for Lloyd Center's ice skating rink. Developers want to rebuild the mall with the rink at its center. They're going to design a prettier rink -- it'll be oval instead of rectangular, and all floors of the mall will look out at the ice -- but it'll also be smaller.
Lloyd Center's ice rink was the world's first shopping center rink when it opened in 1960. The open-air rink drew more than a million visitors its first two years. Jim Backus, the voice of Mr. Magoo, did a couple's routine with a bear. Bobby and Ethel Kennedy circled Lloyd's ice just a month before he died. And, as most regulars still proudly boast, it was Lloyd's ice that first inspired Harding at age 3 to take up the sport.
Check out these historical photos of the rink, and share your own. Do you have photos from the olden days? Let us see them.
-- Casey Parks
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