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Memory Lane / Ardmore Roller Palace, 2400 Ardmore Blvd, Forest Hills, East Pittsburgh, PA



First, a Street Car Barn & then became Memory Lane Roller Rink, until the 1940's.
The building was then torn down in favor of a new one.[9]

Next a new building was built......
Memory Lane Roller Rink, 2400 Ardmore Blvd, Forest Hills, East Pittsburgh, PA[9]
• Owner: The Pittsburgh Railways[1]
• Leased by: Michael Medve (RIP), Vincent Survinaki, Paul J. Hudak[1]
• Opened: March 13, 1950[2] - 1952[1](End of lease)

And then became.......
Ardmore (Original) Roller Palace, 2400 Ardmore Blvd, Forest Hills, East Pittsburgh, PA
• Operator: Paul L. Abbott[6] (RIP 2003)
• Manager: Frank DeMarco (1969 - 1973)[4]
• Pro/Coach: Edna Betz[4]
• Organist: Allan McCabe, Marty Dumic (Starting Summer of 1968)[7]
• Floor size: [?]
• Floor type: Hard wood maple, rotunda style floor.[4]
• Primary reason for closing: Torn down again for new office building.[5]
• Opened: 1952[11] - April 1973[5]
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Ardmore (New, in office bldg basement) Roller Palace, East Pittsburgh, PA
• Operator: Paul L. Abbott [3] (RIP 2003)
• Manager: Frank DeMarco (1974 - 1987)[4]
• Pro/Coach: [?]
• Organist: [?]
• DJ: [?]
• Floor size: [?]
• Floor type: Terrazzo floor.[4]
• Primary reason for closing: "Closed in 2005 after almost 18 years of POOR management!"[4]
• Opened: 1974[10] - 2005[4]

Many thanks to Frank DeMarco and Marty Dumic for their contributions to this page.


First, a Street Car Barn & then became Memory Lane Roller Rink, until the 1940's.
Next, the building was torn down in favor of a new one.
Which brings us to.....

Grand Opening of the Memory Lane Roller Rink
in the new building.


1968/69 The Original Ardmore Roller Palace.


Organist Allan McCabe



The Original Ardmore Roller Palace prepares to close.



The New Ardmore Roller Palace in Cost Building basement.







Here is what that intersection looks like today !!
Corner of Ardmore & Yost Blvd. in Forest hills Pa.
-Frank Demarco

The original Ardmore Roller Palace, top, was located on
Ardmore Blvd. in Forest Hills Pa. which is about 7 miles east
of downtown Pittsburgh. It was demolished in 1973 to make way for
a new rink located in the lower level of the Cost Bldg. on Ardmore Blvd.
The new rink opened in 1975 and closed in 2005 after a 30 year lease
was not renewed. A couple of businesses occupied that area of the bldg.
but as of this posting it is now empty, and the front doors boarded up !
-Frank Demarco


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Sources

(1)Billboard Aug 11, 1951 (above)
(2)The Pittsburgh Press Mar 12, 1950 (above)
(3)Pittsburgh Post Gazette April 21, 1983 (above)
(4)Frank DeMarco
(5)The Pittsburgh Press May 21, 1973 (above)
(6)The Pittsburgh Press Sat Feb 5, 1966 (above)
(7)Marty Dumic
(8)The Pittsburgh Press Fri Jan 7, 1972 (see In Memoriam)
(9)Pittsburgh Post Gazette March 26, 1981 (above)
(10)Pittsburgh Press Feb 11, 1973 (above)
(11)The Pittsburgh Press Sept 16, 1952 (above)
Photos & information courtesy Marty Dumic and Frank DeMarco.

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