I really like this composition Penny..very "slice of life" and fitting for city streets. I love the roof? and dark trees in the back that frame the skaters. I love the contrast and glad you "went with it". I also like that you can still see detail in the faces even with the darkness of the people. Love just "watching" these people.
Oh yes, very hunters in the snow You could try jacking up the blacks (reducing the black/dark grey variation) for more of the Breughel effect.
Fascinating scene of interaction between people apparently ignoring each other.
And the background and foreground also interact and ignore...
Just to say, I'm probably going to rework this one. I like the contrast but I did something to the focus during processing. It really should be better...