Ĭonvinced that a strong yet untapped regional market existed for ice hockey, George Pawley set out to put Philadelphia on the map as a top-rated winter sports city by constructing an indoor ice rink. The lack of ice hockey in this collection reflected the lack of facilities large enough to accommodate the sport. Images of winter sports are conspicuously absent from the sports section of Images of America: Philadelphia, The World War I Years. Before the Arena, ice skating and ice hockey were strictly outside seasonal activities.
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