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Year-Round Party
There was no doubt the dilapidated
Wollman Rink would require a major overhaul, and Zimmerman and
his team briefly considered dismantling the structure entirely in favor of
a " pop-up " rink that could be set up
seasonally. " We felt we needed to do
more, " Zimmerman says.
To that end, architects designed
two new rinks - a covered, regulation-size hockey rink that can be used
for ice skating in the winter and roller
skating in the summer, and an open,
exterior elliptical recreation rink that
converts to a water feature in the
warmer months. This clever addition
not only made accommodations for
year-round recreation, it also restored
yet another beloved feature of the
surrounding neighborhood that had
been lost to the past. " There used to
be a roller-skating rink called Empire Skating, but it had closed down
in the neighborhood, " Zimmerman
explains. " We held these community
input meetings in the early planning
stages - all these little children came
in with tears in their eyes and asked
us to rebuild their skating rink. As we
were [thinking about] summer uses
[for the park], a roller-skating rink became a no-brainer. "
Add to those features the reclaimed
and newly established green space -

about eight acres in total - and you've
got a park that easily accommodates
a variety of year-round recreational
uses. " The community response has
been resoundingly positive, " Zimmerman says. " What's wonderful is to see

how the use changes throughout the
day....[Lakeside is now a] true multiuse site. "
Samantha Bartram is the Associate Editor
of Parks & Recreation Magazine (sbartram@
nrpa.org).

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es, shrubs and small trees - only adds
to this illusion. The building's east and
north block are connected by a bridge,
and visitors may walk on many parts
of the structure's roof. " It's a big facility, but it's embedded within the
landscape so it appears deceivingly
small, " Zimmerman says. " When you
walk around you think, 'Oh my gosh,
it's really big,' even though you don't
see that much of the building, which
is very Olmstedian. "

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