Dr. Rosenfeld is fond of a closer-to-home waltz, “Skating in Central Park,” which the Modern Jazz Quartet performed at the Wollman Rink in 1973. She created her map from a spreadsheet on which she recorded any reference to a skating rink or pond or “skating site” that she came across in a year of research and preparation for the exhibit. The first Zamboni-like cleaner was “one horse and a guy,” Dr. Rosenfeld said. But it is more notable as one of the first rinks in the city to make its own ice. Another London rink, also called the Glaciarium, tried again in the 1870s, using pipes filled with coolant to chill the skating surface.

Source: New York Times December 21, 2017 13:07 UTC