[Scan-DC] Off-Topic - Elephant Walk tomorrow

[Dewey]

Thanks for the article Joel, it really brought back some memories.  In
addition to going there with my father to get ice, that was my favorite spot
for watching night "Roller Derby" when the Washington War Cats would square
off with their arch rivals, the New York Bombers. sorta like
Washington/Dallas today!

 

From: Joel Kahn [mailto:jrkahn at att.net] 
Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2013 15:07
To: Dewey; Doug Kitchener
Cc: Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Off-Topic - Elephant Walk tomorrow

 

Yeah, Yeah... It may have been called the coliseum later, but the big blue
and white sign painted on the north end said "Uline Ice Arena".

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Coliseum

 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/where-we-live/post/whats-going-on-withul
ine-arena/2012/01/12/gIQAGdh3tP_blog.html
 

Joel R Kahn 

 

 

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From: Dewey <dewey3 at gmail.com>
To: Joel Kahn <jrkahn at att.net>; Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Fri, March 22, 2013 9:55:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Off-Topic - Elephant Walk tomorrow

Wow... "Uline Arena"... that's like saying "I never have to worry about my
car battery going dead because I have lifetime bearings on that crack on the
front bumper".  What happened to Washington Coliseum, where everyone would
go to get blocks of ICE?

Dewey

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[mailto:scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Joel Kahn
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 17:00
To: Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Off-Topic - Elephant Walk tomorrow

Blair:
In these days of terrorist attacks on MPDC officers (hence all encrypted
transmissions), MPD probably did not want bad press about closing streets
during rush hour or the chance an elephant would hurl something at them!!

My Dad drove a Diamond cab for years and when I was pre-teen, he would park
at their lot a couple of blocks from Uline Arena so I could sit on the hood
next to the Washington Terminal tracks and siding and watch them unload
animals and equipment and parade the few blocks to the arena.  


Doug can tell you....those were the good ole days!
 Joel 




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From: Blair Thompson <b_thom at juno.com>
To: Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Tue, March 19, 2013 10:00:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Off-Topic - Elephant Walk tomorrow

That's odd. This is usually done in the middle of the day, to garner maximum
publicity. 


I remember watching this a few years back. Right as the parade, coming north
on 
Third Street, was approaching Constitution Avenue, the cops stopped the
cross 
traffic on Constitution Avenue. What should be first in line in the stopped 
traffic, headed west on Constitution Avenue, but a bus loaded with middle
school 
kids on their spring break trip to Washington, DC? Everyone poured out of
the 
bus to get a pictures of the circus animals strolling by. They really got
their 
money's worth. I still smile thinking about it.

---------- Original Message ----------
> From: Doug Kitchener <oldsdoug at yahoo.com>
>To: Scan- DC <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net> 
>Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 9:42 PM
>Subject: Off-Topic - Elephant Walk tomorrow
> 
>
>I got a text that the annual Elephant Walk is tomorrow, March 19th...
>
>
>http://washington.cbslocal.com/2013/03/17/d-c-police-say-circus-elephant-wa
lk-to-close-roads/
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>
>
>https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8
<https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=2132792931041217
> &oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=2132792931041217
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