Submitted by khumprp t3_ydj1x1 in pittsburgh
cheesesashimi t1_itsjznw wrote
Reply to comment by UnsurprisingDebris in Help Me Remember - Indoor Skatepark from 90s by khumprp
Do you mean The Factory? I vaguely remember, amongst other things in that building in the 90s: Batting cages, gymnastics, and roller skating. I have no idea what’s in there now though.
youareadream t1_itsoytb wrote
It is now the East End co-op grocery store in the bottom and the top has a bunch of stuff for kids like gymnastics place, fencing school and for awhile there was a rock climbing wall but I’m not sure if that has reopened open since 2020.
cheesesashimi t1_itsqjrp wrote
Ah that’s right! I remember going to the rock climbing wall once or twice circa-2008. I thought it was a cool place even if rock climbing isn’t for me. Hopefully it reopened.
UnsurprisingDebris t1_itskiqx wrote
Yes! It was called Shady Skates. It probably hasn't been there for at least 15 years though.
SteelCityIrish t1_itstda5 wrote
J.G., Jerry Cooper, Greg… Mark the Shark, Chris Barnett… so many faces clear, names in a fog.
Good times! 😎
LostEnroute t1_itv5jnv wrote
I still see a few of these guys around town every once in awhile.
SteelCityIrish t1_itvr547 wrote
Nice… saw JG at the Tav back in ‘18? Last I heard Jerry was in NC & Greg started OneUp on Carson. As for Shark, last I knew he was still slinging pies at the Village (RIP).
Those Deli Co. nights are all a blur now!
🤘🏼😆🤘🏼
LostEnroute t1_itvt5b0 wrote
Yeah JG is still around for sure. Shark is doing well. I think he opened a restaurant or two outside of Pittsburgh, but in the region somewhere. Name escapes me. RIP Deli Co. Best/worst pool table in the East End.
SteelCityIrish t1_itw30ac wrote
Good to hear they are both doing well…
The Bosstones : Toxic Toast lyrics come to mind when I think back to those times.
“Looking back now, not sure how… we made it through, not all of us, but most.”
Good times for sure, but I couldn’t roll like that now.
The Deli… man, I remember the night some chick threw the cue ball @ Jerry, he ducked and JG caught it in the side of the head at the top of those steep ass stairs and almost sent it.
That kid Matt was dangerous on the table, Fulton too. Pretty sure Pompa was there before the Tav as well.
Like I said, I can still see the faces, the names… long gone.
Be Easy Friend. 😎
khumprp OP t1_itskkvt wrote
I don't think it was in a complex with other sports things... In a way, it was like a business mall kinda?
UnsurprisingDebris t1_itsknzx wrote
What area was it in?
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