Canoga Park Drive-In
Canoga Avenue and Strathern Street,
Canoga Park,
CA
91303
Canoga Avenue and Strathern Street,
Canoga Park,
CA
91303
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Approx. address for this drive-in was 7939 Canoga Avenue.
Sorry, better link to Canoga Drive-In Aerial Photo
http://tinyurl.com/32fcp4j
As soon as Cinema treasures gets their photo system up and running again I’ll post it. in the mean time, here’s a link to the aerial photo of Canoga Park Drive-in circa 1966.
View link Park 1966 Drive in.jpg
It was indeed on the corner of Canoga and Srathern, it stretched back all the way to Owensmouth. I have an Aerial photo of it from 1966. I’d much rather it was still there than the business park.
Here is a November 1965 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/yf6y32z
My drive-in in Absecon, NJ had train tracks behind the theater. We used to sit on the tracks and watch the films for free. You could even hear the sound from the paying customer’s clip-on speakers.
The Canoga Drive-in Was located on the South-West corner of Canoga Ave and Strathern St. We had an apartment on Owensmouth (one block West of Canoga) and used to sit on our balcony and get to watch the movies FREE – the sound carried over, too. Rent was a wopping $75/month back in 1966, but FREE MOVIES? …. couldn’t beat it!!
Jim Rowe
Here is a September 1960 ad from the Valley News:
http://tinyurl.com/ywn2r9
This venue seemed to follow a curious pattern of San Fernando Valley drive-in theaters being located next to railroad lines, as was the case with both the San Val in Burbank, and the Winnetka in Chatsworth.
Does anyone know if this was on purpose, or merely a coincidence?
I haven’t found an exact address but one website gives the location as Strathern St & Canoga Ave. Anyone know if that is the correct location for this former drive-in?
The car capacity was between 1100-1200 cars.