The last lap at Lloyd Center: how America is losing its mall ice rinks

The Portland rink where Tonya Harding first skated was an affordable community institution for six decades. Its closure echoes the disappearance of mall ice across the US When the Lloyd Center shopping mall first opened its doors in 1960, it boasted a unique feature: an ice rink. In the nearly seven decades since, that

Once the largest shopping mall in the United States, the Lloyd Center reinvented itself in recent years — transforming from a “ghost mall” into an eclectic hodgepodge of local businesses.