Skyway Drive-In
11945 N. Florida Avenue,
Tampa,
FL
33612
11945 N. Florida Avenue,
Tampa,
FL
33612
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The Skyway Drive-In was operating by 1955. It was demolished and replaced by Bill Currie Ford by the mid-1980’s.
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Thanks Mike! Yes, it was built and privately owned and managed by J.C. Carscallen until around the mid-1960s when it was sold to Floyd Theatres. Not long afterwards a tornado touched down in the area one morning damaging several homes and knocking down the Skyway’s screen. Afterwards Floyd Theatres put up a new steel screen. The original screen was about 60 feet wide. Not certain if it was constructed of wood or metal or cinder block or maybe a combination of all these. I do remember the center portion was flat with slightly curved extentions added to each end. The replacement steel screen was also slightly curved.
Thanks Nick,and Mike.
Dean Martin in “WHO’S GOT THE ACTION” and “FIVE BRANDED WOMEN” playing Sunday night April 7 1963.Admission was 35 cents,one of the cheaper Drive-ins in Tampa.
Thanks Mike. Here’s an aerial from 1957:
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And here’s a current aerial of the lot as it looks today. A new car dealership replaced the Skyway and today that dealership is history. I say bring back the Skyway!
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Thankd Nick.
Yeah,me too,Thanks Nick.
A great handbill from the early 1950s – thanks for posting!
I had quite a few And like a dummy threw them away.I know Nick has a Few.
I had quite a few And like a dummy threw them away.I know Nick has a Few.