This month the Rollercade celebrates its 60th birthday. The skating rink is a local institution and generations of San Antonians have skated across its smooth wood floor. In this chapter of the San Antonio Storybook, we’ll tell the story of how the Rollercade came to be built and the family responsible for keeping the Alamo City rolling.

Brantley Hightower
Brantley Hightower is an architect at HiWorks. He also teaches at San Antonio College and is the interim editor of Texas Architect magazine. More by Brantley Hightower