[b] Anyone from Long Island remember the Island Garden Arena?
It was located in West Hempstead, on Hempstead Turnpike, right up the block from the
Aurora Plastics building, where they made the Model Motoring sets.
It was a half domed arena that had all kinds of shows, the circus and in the winter
they raced the 3/4 Midgets there.
These shots are from early 1962 - There was nothing greater as a kid then to go see the Midgets
on a Friday night race on the concrete floors.
Now remember its freezing out so all the doors are shut, there is no real
ventilation system and the shows 3-4 hours long.
That foggy look is the exhaust smoke hanging in the air. By the time the races were over
your eyes were bright red, watering like crazy, you stunk and your head felt like there
were a thousand bees inside fighting to get out.
Ahh - what a great time!!!
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