Front Drive-In
1279 Upper Front Street,
Binghamton,
NY
1279 Upper Front Street,
Binghamton,
NY
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I believe Corey’s Northgate Ford and Mazda now sits on the site of the former Front Drive-In (1279 Upper Front St.).
The Front Drive-in opened in June 22, 1949. It’s final season was in 1963. It closed due to the construction of I-81.
Was mentioned in the documentary “Drive-In Movie Memories” in 2001.
A correction to an earlier post: I was told that this drive-in was located at the site where the Empire Plaza now sits.
I think the entrance was actually where Wendy’s is now. The reason I say this is that in the ‘70s, just before they built Wendy’s, there was still a triangular entry marquee sign next to the road. It was not lettered, so it could have been for something else, but it looked like a drive-in entrance sign. When they built the Wendy’s the sign was removed.
THE FRONT DRIVE IN in 1956 held 720 cars and was owned by Herbert Nitke.FRONT DRIVE-IN THEATRE CORP.
Bet we could find the entrance if we had some sort of Aerial view of the old place….
O.K.
@Sam: Ask and ye shall receive.
Here is a 1958 aerial photo of the Front Drive-In, courtesy of Earth Explorer and USGS:
http://flic.kr/p/99ZpVm
It looks like it was a beautiful drive-in, it’s a shame they had to build I-81 over it.