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...York City's Central Park last week looked like an autumn painting, framed in leaves of russet and gold and brushed with soft sunlight. In the shadow of Manhattan's skyline, workers bustled around the Wollman Memorial Rink. One crew hoisted lights for night skating, while another busily polished rest stands for skaters. Someone at the controls of the music system surrendered to an impulse and played the Skater's Waltz. Said Jogger Susan Dorrity, who stopped to watch the activity: "I can't believe it's done...
...construction project, complete with horror stories of bureaucratic fumbling and outrageous expense. Not until last July, when New York Real Estate Mogul Donald Trump, 40, whose fortune has been estimated at upwards of a billion dollars, took over the job of rebuilding the 33,000-sq.-ft. rink, did Wollman show signs of being completed in time for the 1986-87 skating season. Trump offered Mayor Edward Koch a deal: let him have a crack at the job, and if the city was not satisfied with his work, it wouldn't pay him. "Basically the city didn't know...
...better way certainly seemed in order. Opened in 1950 as a gift to the city from Kate Wollman, a banking heiress, the rink quickly became the favorite spot for tens of thousands of skaters to do their twirls (and spills) and sip hot cocoa on a wintry afternoon. In 1980 the city closed Wollman for renovations, which were expected to take no longer than two years. The city originally estimated that the repair bill would total $9 million, but it eventually reached $12 million without a cube of ice to show for it. The roof of the pavilion, which houses...
...Smart '84 3:17.59 Bill O'Neill '82 3:18.01 Gregory Maertz GSAS 3:19.00 Jeffrey Calgano '82-83 3:19.00 Allison Keller '87 3:25.00 A. Mattson Davis '85 3:25.00 Charles Murphy HLS 3:25.52 John Moore '85 3:28.00 Thomas H. Howlett '84 3:28.23 Emily Wollman '84 3:32.30 Jane Bliss '84 3:35.00 Maureen Finn '83 3:36.00 Robert Hrabchak '85 3:37.00 Brenda Tsunoda '87 3:37.00 Richard C. Wood '85 3:37.14 Victor Koirumaki '68 3:38.00 Ann Skartvedt '84-85 3:38.00 Hugh Murray '87 3:39.00 William Canterbury...
...have a lot of ideas for the club." Wollman told the knot of interested students at last night's introductory meeting. They include a monthly newsletter of local races, a directory of club members and the time they run during the days, as well as a possible Harvard-sponsored race open to the public...