Editor’s Note: Meredith Nutting created this portrait of the Carman Gardens roller skating rink for last year’s Hidden City Daily anniversary party. It was so much fun, we’re celebrating there again this year on Saturday, Oct. 17th, 2015 from 7-10PM. Tickets to the party are $20 for Hidden City members, $25 general admission, which includes skates and beer. For Rachel Hildebrandt’s article choronicaling the history of Philadelphia’s roller skating rinks, click HERE.
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Meredith Nutting is a freelance filmmaker originally from the DC Metro Area. Since finishing her Biology/Studio Art degree at Bates College she has worked on film productions for National Geographic, History Channel and Animal Planet.
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