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Flipper's Roller Boogie Palace is a seasonal outdoor roller skating rink that opened in April 2022 in New York City's Rockefeller Center. It marks the revival of the original Flipper's, which operated as a roller disco in Los Angeles from 1979 to 1981 and was dubbed " Studio 54 on wheels" by actor Jaclyn Smith .
Bay Area Derby, formerly B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls, [1] is a women's flat-track roller derby league based in the San Francisco Bay Area. [2] Bay Area Derby (BAD) was founded in 2004 and is a founding member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). [3] BAD is a skater-owned and -operated 501(c)(3) non-profit league. The league is ...
Founded in 1905 in San Francisco by five physicians, they undertook to build "the most up-to-date modern hospital west of Chicago." It was not founded as a Catholic hospital, despite its name. [3] The campus also contained a school for female students, the Saint Francis Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, which also founded in 1905. [6]
The iconic Colossus roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain caught fire Monday afternoon. Colossus is the most famous coaster at the suburban Los Angeles theme park. It is currently closed ...
Viper is the last operating roller coaster with seven inversions to be built by American manufacturer Arrow Dynamics. The other two, Shockwave at Six Flags Great America and the Great American Scream Machine at Six Flags Great Adventure, were demolished in 2002 and 2010, respectively. The roller coaster replaced a HUSS ride type named Condor.
The new Hunter Liggett was then ready for operation, as a United States Army transport vehicle mainly running between New York and San Francisco. On 27 May 1941 Hunter Liggett was turned over to the Navy, first classed as the transport AP-27 and then reclassed as the attack transport APA-14 ( Harris -class ) on 1 February 1943.
Kezar Pavilion, located adjacent to Kezar Stadium, is an indoor arena in the southeast corner of Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California, United States (US).Built in 1924, the Pavilion seats 4,000 people and is owned and operated by the City of San Francisco.
The private Market Street Railway opened a branch – built in just six days – of its Mission Street line along Ocean Avenue to Victoria Street on December 4, 1895, to serve the new Ingleside Racetrack. [2] The line was extended to the Ingleside House (where Ocean Avenue now meets Junipero Serra Boulevard) shortly thereafter. [3]