Dunkirk Drive-In
Tenney Street and S. Roberts Road,
Dunkirk,
NY
14048
Tenney Street and S. Roberts Road,
Dunkirk,
NY
14048
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I still see nothing in the 1953 aerial that suggests a drive-in of any recognizable shape or features existed at that intersection.
Either it was built over or it was completely razed. The latter doesn’t make much sense to raze property and leave it undeveloped. But I’ve seen stranger things.
One would need to know what corner the place was on. To the NE there are trees, and one can’t really see the outline of anything. To the SE is an old industrial dump site. (Roblin Steel.) To the NW is a neighborhood park that has been owned by the city since 1940. To the SW is housing. Other than the city property, none of the ownership records go back before 1950, so that avenue is a dead end.
After looking at a 1953 aerial, which was taken 11 years after the drive-in closed, I see no evidence at all that it existed around that intersection.
That doesn’t mean it never existed there, it just means that it could have been built over with housing or completely demolished and left as an open field.
If dansdriveintheater says that a faint outline exists, then a link to a Google map should be sufficient to see the right location.
it appears that the outline although faint still remains after being closed for 70 years.