think of all the skating movies you've seen). visiting the rink you used to go to as a kid) and imagined (i.e. On the one hand, they invoke an aura of nostalgia for the past, both lived (i.e. The roller rink is a unique, living cultural artifact in American history. Some spaces, you just have to visit to understand their character though in the Moonlight's case, it also helps to strap on some skates and hit the floor.Īn interior photo of Glendale's Moonlight Rollerway. It's a cultural and community landmark just not the kind you can easily share on a postcard. Yet even though the rink's been at the same corner - San Fernando and Hawthorne - for over 60 years, the Moonlight still has the feel of a neighborhood hangout that only locals know about.
The day I arrive, there's a rep from Jamie Kennedy's camp, making arrangements to host a private wrap party and a few weeks earlier, an episode of "Modern Family" aired that included a scene shot at the Rollerway. On weekend evenings, the veteran skaters come out, zipping around (often backwards) with precision flair.
On weekend days, it's thick with birthday parties, the skating floor awash in first-timers clutching the rink wall for balance. It'd be tempting to call Glendale's Moonlight Rollerway one of the Southland's "best kept secrets" if not for the fact that it's so darn popular.
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