{"id":22122,"date":"2019-02-13T19:24:44","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T00:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/?p=22122"},"modified":"2019-02-13T19:26:39","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T00:26:39","slug":"winter-blast-at-mlk-jr-park-on-saturday-february-16th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/2019\/02\/winter-blast-at-mlk-jr-park-on-saturday-february-16th\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Blast at MLK Jr. Park on Saturday, February 16th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, Feb 16, 2019, Winter Blast, presented by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BCBSofWNY\/\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/page.php?id=115256757647&extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A163922657714376%7D\" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show=\"1\">BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York<\/a>, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bFLOParks\/\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/page.php?id=32444685330&extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A163922657714376%7D\" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show=\"1\">Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy<\/a>\u00a0and the City of Buffalo,\u00a0will take place at MLK Jr. Park from 11am to 1pm. The event will take place in the casino and basin at the park.<\/p>\n<p>All activities are FREE and include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BlueCross BlueShield Healthy Zone Cruiser<\/li>\n<li>FREE Old-fashioned Pond Ice-skating (weather dependent)<\/li>\n<li>FREE Skate Rental (Figure and Hockey)<\/li>\n<li>Meet with Sabretooth and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BuffaloSabres\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buffalo Sabres<\/a>\u00a0Alumnus Morris Titanic<\/li>\n<li>Read and\/or borrow books with Library on Wheels<\/li>\n<li>Meet animals from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BuffaloZoo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Buffalo Zoo<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Face-painting with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SquigglyArt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squiggly Art Face Painting<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Balloon Art with Tim the Balloon Guy<\/li>\n<li>Hot Cocoa, courtesy of Wegmans<\/li>\n<li>Healthy Snacks, courtesy of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AshkersCafe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ashker\u2019s Buffalo<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesdesiderio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Desiderio, Inc.<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LexingtonCoop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lexington Co-op<\/a>\u00a0and Tops<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><strong>MLK Jr. Park Basin History<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This Buffalo eastside park was originally named The Parade by Frederick Law Olmsted. Later, it was renamed Humboldt Park and most recently renamed MLK Jr. Park. The park\u2019s most significant feature is a five-acre water basin with a central lighting fixture. The historic basin is located to the east of the brick Casino building. The building was reconstructed in 1926 and has undergone extensive exterior and interior renovations as of 2018, where today free ice-skate rentals are offered. The basin itself was renovated from 2011 to 2013 and now seasonally serves as a summer splash pad, reflecting pool, or winter ice skating rink as weather allows.<\/div>\n<div><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>About the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy is the first nonprofit organization in the nation to manage and operate an entire urban park system that consists of over 850 acres of parks, parkways and circles. The park system was designed more than 150 years ago by America\u2019s first landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted. Today, over 2.5 million people use Buffalo\u2019s historic and award-winning Olmsted Park System annually for recreation, relaxation and rejuvenation. Since 2004, basic maintenance of the parks has greatly improved since the groundbreaking public-private agreement between the City of Buffalo, Erie County and the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy. The Conservancy\u2019s mission is to promote, preserve, restore, enhance and maintain the Frederick Law Olmsted-designed landscape in the Greater Buffalo area. Learn more at:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bfloparks.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.bfloparks.org&source=gmail&ust=1550166610605000&usg=AFQjCNH9mQVR7LoWx0rDFyRbubj7cqpQpg\">www.bfloparks.org<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>Facbook event page:<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/events\/1187029614788272\/\">https:\/\/facebook.com\/events\/1187029614788272\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22124\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/2019\/02\/winter-blast-at-mlk-jr-park-on-saturday-february-16th\/fullscreen-capture-2132019-72306-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Fullscreen-capture-2132019-72306-PM.jpg?fit=605%2C785&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"605,785\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Fullscreen capture 2132019 72306 PM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Fullscreen-capture-2132019-72306-PM.jpg?fit=605%2C785&ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22124\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Fullscreen-capture-2132019-72306-PM.jpg?resize=605%2C785\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Fullscreen-capture-2132019-72306-PM.jpg?w=605&ssl=1 605w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Fullscreen-capture-2132019-72306-PM.jpg?resize=493%2C640&ssl=1 493w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, Feb 16, 2019, Winter Blast, presented by\u00a0BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York, the\u00a0Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy\u00a0and the City of Buffalo,\u00a0will take place at<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3,1,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-news","category-b-f-places"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Winter-Blast-2015_web.jpg?fit=1800%2C1200&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1Wcy1-5KO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22122"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22126,"href":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22122\/revisions\/22126"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}