Gratiot Drive-In

31900 Gratiot Avenue,
Roseville, MI 48066

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The Gratiot Drive-In was designed by Ted Rogvoy and opened in April of 1948. It featured “Free pony rides, merry-go-round and other playground amusements for the kids, a large restaurant that even warmed baby bottles on schedule for patrons, and a living curtain waterfall illuminated by colored lights to simulate Niagara Falls”. Car capacity is given as 1000. The Gratiot Drive-In showed its last movie on Labor Day of 1984. It was demolished shortly afterwards.

Contributed by Lost Memory

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RHGS on June 5, 2006 at 7:55 pm

Postcards and color print available for purchase. Contact Roseville Historical and Genealogical Society at

kencmcintyre on March 14, 2008 at 5:16 pm

Some photos are on this site:
http://tinyurl.com/2ndqsj

michigandriveins on November 9, 2008 at 2:12 pm

Link: http://michigandriveins.com/gratiot82.asp

lostmemory on May 2, 2009 at 1:43 am

kencmcintyre on February 5, 2010 at 4:05 am

Here is an ad for the sale of the Gratiot in July 1949:
http://tinyurl.com/yd5kzuz

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