This post appeared in a previous blog and is here for posterity’s sake.

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Today’s New York Times has an excellent article featuring reviewing the of Ice Rinks in NYC:

Some of the most arresting and otherworldly photographs of New York are those turn-of-the-century black-and-white pictures of people skating on the lake in Central Park: the women in bustled skirts, the men in bowlers and the lonely outpost of the Dakota in the background. That was back when we had winter. Anyone trying to skate in New York these days, except on artificial ice, would surely drown, and lately it has been so unnaturally warm that unwary, overdressed skaters venturing out onto the city’s several outdoor rinks have even risked heatstroke.

A list of notable ice rinks you should skate in:

• Wollman Memorial Skating Rink at the south end of Central Park
• Lasker Rink at the north end of Central Park
• Riverbank State Park on Riverside Drive
• Sky Rink at Chelsea Piers
• Kate Wollman Rink in Prospect Park
• The Pond at Bryant Park

My favorite is the Kate Wollman Rink in Prospect Park because of the setting, even though the ice was well-worn; and The Pond at Bryant Park because the setting and price – free!