Westside Drive-In
14350 W. 8 Mile Road,
Oak Park,
MI
48237
14350 W. 8 Mile Road,
Oak Park,
MI
48237
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The Westside Drive-In was one of the earliest drive-ins to open in the Detroit region, and could accomodate 700 cars. The opening movie in 1940 was John Wayne & Claire Trevor in “Allegheny Uprising”. It was operated by General Cinems.
The drive-in was also known as the 8 Mile Drive-In. Its last operator was Wisper & Wetsman and it operated until 1984. It was demolished later that year to make way for a lumber yard (which itself is no longer in operation).
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Bryan, Lost Memory
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This drive-in along with the Eastside, Dearborn and Ypsi-Ann Drive-Ins were operated by General Cinema Corp. for many years, until they sold them in the 1980s (Ypsi-Ann was sold in the mid 70s). Since the company had several with the same name, this was known on the company rolls as Detroit-West, and the Eastside was known as Detroit-East.
Nice photos:
http://www.drive-ins.com/theater/mitwes2
An ad for the Westside Drive-In can be found here.