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| Lansdowne,
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| NOTICE: Lansdowne is currently free of pad nannies and waivers once again as of Summer 2003, but the whole park area is undergoing a renovation, which means a new street area - good! - and plans for a real fence and official pads and waiver lockdown (at least another attempt at it!) - bad! - More new pics soon... |
| Living skateboard history just south of Baltimore. Built sometime in the seventies, it has drawn skaters from all over the east coast for twenty years. According to the boys at Charm City Skatepark, some kid broke his arm there and "couldn't get out" (bullshit), and so after twenty years of hassle-free skating, the city came along, threw up a fence, posted a guard at the door, printed up some waivers, and instituted lame hours and full pads. Awful. However, there is hope. I showed up one afternoon after it had rained, and the place was closed and empty. There were a few puddles and some mud, but that didn't stop me. The "fence", which could be blown over by a stiff wind, already had a door cut into it, so access was easy. The snake run flows down into a basin with hips and a few blobs, and then continues down even further into another basin.Lansdowne has a surprisingly smooth surface for twenty year old concrete. They sure knew how to build 'em back then! I skated for a half hour, and nobody cared. The neighbors in the row houses around the park probably wouldn't be bothered to get up off the couch from Judge Judy to call the cops anyways |
| DIRECTIONS: Take exit 9 off of I-695, the Hollins Ferry Rd exit. Head east on that road towards Lansdowne up the hill. At the top of the hill, turn right onto Bero Rd. After the first street on the left(Freeway St.), look for an asphalt path about three feet wide on your left between the houses. Walk down that path, and you will see the park. If you get lost, just ask any kid in the area-they'll know for sure where it is. |
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City Indoor Skatepark & Skateshop 4401 O'Donnell Street, Suite B, Baltimore, MD 21224 Tel: (410)-327-7909 |
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