{"id":5294,"date":"2011-10-21T11:00:58","date_gmt":"2011-10-21T10:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=5294"},"modified":"2011-12-14T15:42:53","modified_gmt":"2011-12-14T15:42:53","slug":"construction-work-speeds-ahead-at-brixton-ice-rink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/construction-work-speeds-ahead-at-brixton-ice-rink\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction work speeds ahead at Brixton Ice Rink"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/brixton-ice-rink-october-2011-01.jpg\" alt=\"Construction speeds ahead at Brixton Ice Rink\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Work is continuing apace on the new ice rink being erected on the corner of Brixton Station Road and Pope&#8217;s Road in central\u00a0Brixton.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/brixton-ice-rink-october-2011-02.jpg\" alt=\"Construction work speeds ahead at Brixton Ice Rink\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Situated next to the Brixton Recreation Centre, the\u00a056m x 26m rink is set to\u00a0open\u00a0in January 2012, and for two and a half years will serve as the temporary\u00a0home of Streatham\u2019s ice skating and ice hockey teams while Tesco\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/streatham-struggles-to-keep-its-leisure-and-entertainment-venues\/\" target=\"_blank\">controversial Hub\u00a0project\u00a0is being built<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/brixton-ice-rink-october-2011-03.jpg\" alt=\"Brixton Ice Rink going up at a rate of knots\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There was a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/brixton-market-lockdown-traders-protest-against-proposed-car-park-closure\/\" target=\"_blank\">long-running campaign of opposition from local traders<\/a>\u00a0to the ice rink, which was built on the site of a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/brixton-station-road-car-park-to-become-ice-rink\/\">particularly\u00a0ugly but rather useful multi-story car park<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/brixton-ice-rink-october-2011-04.jpg\" alt=\"Brixton Ice Rink going up at a rate of knots\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/brixton-ice-rink-october-2011-05.jpg\" alt=\"Brixton Ice Rink going up at a rate of knots\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Really old school Brixtonites will recall that the town once had its own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/brixton-roller-skating-rink-memories-from-the-late-1950s\/\">Roller Rink<\/a> too, which was situated on Effra Road, and served the community for over half a century.<\/p>\n<p>Check out our photo feature here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/brixton-roller-skating-rink-memories-from-the-late-1950s\/\">Brixton Roller Skating Rink \u2013 memories 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