Fairyland Twin Drive-In
77th & Prospect Avenue,
Kansas City,
MO
64132
77th & Prospect Avenue,
Kansas City,
MO
64132
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The Fairyland Twin Drive-In closed in the 1980’s. It was razed to make way for an apartment complex. Capacity was about 1,500 cars.
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Ken McIntyre
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Here is a 1985 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/lvvotl
When the Fairyland Drive-In opened in 1964 it was a single screen, do you know when it ws twinned?
Thanks to whomever posted the great shot of the entrance! I saw many a schlocky horror film here in the late 70’s. I miss both the amusement park and drive-in.
The biographical listing of architect John C. Monroe in the 1962 AIA Directory lists the Fairyland Drive-In, Kansas City, Mo., as one of his 1961 projects.
The drive-in was associated with an adjacent amusement park, Fairyland Park, which dated back to the 1920s. Here is a 1987 photo of the drive-in’s sign and attraction board, by Flickr user Darrell James.
Thanks Joe.
Approx. address (at least the entrance) for this drive-in was 7650 Prospect Ave. What was unusual (besides the amusement park) was the entrance was on Prospect while the screens were at Indiana Ave. several blocks away (one at E. 75th where Paige Elementary school is now located, the other at E. 77th with some condos there now). There’s a freeway in between now.