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'''Charlottesville Skateboard Park''', also known as '''McIntire Skateboard Park''', is free and open to the public<ref name=official>{{cite web|url=http://www.charlottesville.org/index.aspx?page=762|title=Charlottesville: Skate Park|work=official website|publisher=City of Charlottesville}}</ref> | '''Charlottesville Skateboard Park''', also known as '''McIntire Skateboard Park''', or simply "'''the skate park'''" is a [[Charlottesville Department of Parks and Recreation|Charlottesville City Park]], free and open to the public. Full pads (helmet, knee pads, elbow pads) are required to use the park, though free pads are available to borrow. | ||
<ref name=official>{{cite web|url=http://www.charlottesville.org/index.aspx?page=762|title=Charlottesville: Skate Park|work=official website|publisher=City of Charlottesville}}</ref> | |||
The park | The skate park ranks in 2011 among the top two city parks in number of visits per year.<ref name=looming/> | ||
==History== | |||
The skate park arose somewhat organically in the mid- to late-1990s{{when}}, when skateboarders set up ramps, rails, and other obstacles on the site of former tennis courts. The city eventually took over the site and turned it into an official city park. <ref name=looming>{{cite-progress|title=With parkway looming, where is a skater to go?|url=http://www2.dailyprogress.com/news/2011/oct/29/parkway-looming-where-skater-go-ar-1420767/|author=Bryan McKenzie|publishdate= October 29, 2011}}</ref> | |||
==Meadowcreek Parkway relocation== | |||
The park requires relocation due to the construction of the [[Meadowcreek Parkway Interchange]]. | The park requires relocation due to the construction of the [[Meadowcreek Parkway Interchange]]. | ||
<ref name=looming /> | <ref name=looming /> | ||
Revision as of 12:07, 8 November 2011
Charlottesville Skateboard Park, also known as McIntire Skateboard Park, or simply "the skate park" is a Charlottesville City Park, free and open to the public. Full pads (helmet, knee pads, elbow pads) are required to use the park, though free pads are available to borrow. [1]
The skate park ranks in 2011 among the top two city parks in number of visits per year.[2]
History
The skate park arose somewhat organically in the mid- to late-1990s[when?], when skateboarders set up ramps, rails, and other obstacles on the site of former tennis courts. The city eventually took over the site and turned it into an official city park. [2]
Meadowcreek Parkway relocation
The park requires relocation due to the construction of the Meadowcreek Parkway Interchange. [2]
References
- ↑ Web. Charlottesville: Skate Park, official website, City of Charlottesville
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Web. With parkway looming, where is a skater to go?, Bryan McKenzie, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, October 29, 2011