The destruction of this curious and somewhat ungainly structure is really a public calamity. Henceforth, for a while at least, must theeliteof the avenues seek skatorial amusement elsewhere, on less inviting parks, or take horse cars for distant West Side structures. But this is not all. This...
surface on ice-skates," 1690s, fromice(n.) +skate(n.2). The verb usually wasskateuntil the advent of roller-skating mid-18c. made distinction necessary. A run of severe winters that froze over the Thames in the late 17c. made ice-skating popular in England. Related:Ice-skates(1862)...
To the untrained eye, ice hockey can look like a calamity of players skating all over the place randomly chasing a puck. This could not be further from the truth.When you watch players in the NHL, they have strict responsibilities to tend to either in the defensive zone or the… ...