Yep
I was there when it started
Across from the Plaza and Sherry
59/5th
It had languished for a good while
He banged it out with unions and city bs In about 4 months for 3 million and under budget and schedule for cost only.....he milked the PR though
Wanted it called Trump rink and referred to it as “his” in media events which drove the Commies running the boroughs crazy
It was around 86/87 and the city had worked on it for over 10 years and 12 million wasted in red tape and graft
The woolman rink or something
I skated there with all my girlfriends and one wife
Trump really publicized it like crazy and his calling it his rink really pissed off that red diaper baby Stern who was like Kochs right hand man
Koch always kinda liked the Donald
It’s funny now as a former Manhattanite watching him plow thru the race for POTUS
Trump is a one-off no question
Wollman Rink. Yeah, he built it in about 2 weeks. My husband says Trump’s press conferences remind him of Koch’s. Same NYC street manner. I can see, I suppose, why some people get turned off by that but I love it, of course.
Wardaddy ice skates???