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TORONTO STAR, JANUARY 3 1958: "It is true that the parks department operates 58 natural ice rinks for skating and 23 for hockey - or will do so, if and when there is enough frost. For all the freezing weather we get here most winters, the department might as well spare the trouble and expense, and get on with the job of multiplying the number of artificial ice rinks."

(And they did!)

 

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posted September 29, 2007

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25 Gould st. North-east of Dundas and Yonge. See Satellite Map

Phone: 416-392-6863

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The City Councillor for this rink is Councillor Rae

Ryerson Rink

Rink change area: This rink must have won a design contest but now the rink changehouse shows some strain. Still, it's bright and comfortable and usually there's a staff person sitting in there.

Staff: Staff are friendly and helpful. Phone: 416-392-6863

Maintenance: Variable, between once and twice a day, sometimes they miss a day. This rink is considered not a top priority - Catch-22.

Public Skating and open shinny hockey:

Free Pleasure-skating: Available a total of 74 hours a week.

Free Shinny hockey:

No hockey during open hours. But there's no fence around this rink and it's lit by streetlights, so it's a famous night-time shinny hockey location. This is the closest you can get to actual pond hockey, including some very large and beautiful boulders sticking out of the ice. The boulders don't seem to bother the shinny players.

To inquire about shinny permits in the South District call Nellie Raposo DeMers at 416-392-0361.

Comments about this rink: e-mail us at rinkissues@cityrinks.ca.

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Schedule

Monday-Saturday 10:00am - 10:00pm; Sunday 10:00am - 6:00pm - Pleasure Skating

Note: Since Ryerson has no fences, it's always accessible! A great place for night time shinny.

Rink Diary 2009 - 2010

Dec.5 2009

Ryerson Rink is surrounded by a construction fence, but the construction is not at the rink. Ryerson University is breaking down part of the wall of a building beside the rink. The fence seems to mean that as long as there's any construction nearby, the rink will be turned off. (There was no sign in evidence, and the City's rink information does not list the rink as closed.)


a construction fence surrounds the rink

the rink change room is still accessible (in background)

looking left (change room is behind the rock)

looking right - hole in the wall near garage

It's not immediately obvious what danger the construction would pose for skaters, some distance away. And getting the hose to drag over to where the zamboni is, would also seem straightforward. Having the rink shut down for this is worrisome, especially since the rink changehouse has un-remedied termites or carpenter ants, and this may be the first step to mothballing it until it crumbles.

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