For better use and better management. The UNOFFICIAL Website of Toronto's Outdoor Skating Rinks
posted on February 25, 2010
By: Catherine Porter
Published: February 23, 2010
Source: The StarThe first sign of despair is taped to the smudged glass doors.
It reads: "This door is out of order."
Inside, the pop machine is adorned with two "Out of Order" signs, just for good measure. It hasn't worked for years. There's a dented garbage can, a shuttered snack bar – also closed for as long as anyone can remember – and two sets of lost mittens sitting forlornly on the ledge against the dirty windows. A lone employee, tattoos on his neck, works his BlackBerry on a bench, dying of boredom.