@JBStillFlying #54
My kid and her teenager friends skated in that ice rink last winter. It is a very nice rink and as Midway Plaisance is actually owned by City of Chicago and so the ice rink is operated by the Chicago Park District. If you bring your own skate, it is free to skate there. I would speculate that almost all the patrons of this ice rink are related to the University. I am quite sure people living in the Loop and Lincoln Park would not drive all the way down to Hyde Park to skate.