Van Buren Drive-In
5375 Van Buren Road,
Dunkirk,
NY
14048
5375 Van Buren Road,
Dunkirk,
NY
14048
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The Van Buren Point Drive-In was built in 1949. It closed as the Van Buren Drive-In in the early-1990’s. It was virtually destroyed by a storm on November 14, 2011.
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photographz: I responded to you on the Grandview link to your photos so if you wish to contact me my email is
photographz: There is a drive-in located in Corry PA that is still operational and very original!
Patsy-sent you an email earlier today. I’ll look up the one in Corry (as well as where Corry is!) tonight. Thanks! This is a part time job, so it takes us a while to get out and find all the places we want to photograph, but I’d rather have a list of places to visit. My 1st priority will be DI’s and hotels/motels with vintage signs that are threatened, as they are time sensitive.
Dunkirk Observer article about the Grand View DI in Angola. I posted there, but thought folks here would be interested as well. It mentions the DI in Jamestown. View link
Paul
Jan.8 1951 “SEVEN SINNERS” and “SUTTER’S GOLD”.Ads mention “in car speakers”.In those days I thought that all there was?Seems really dumb even to put that in an ad.
Last time I drove past the Screen housing has started to look really bad. I wonder how long until the structure collapses.
Paul
Garbage in, garbage out. The street view photo is inaccurate here due to the address being incomplete. The result is the street view pictures are off by a mere 4.5 miles. As a side note, the entrance to the drive in was (is) not actually on Route 5, although it is about 50 – 100 from it. Don’t know how to “fix” the address to make it correct, or more correct, anyway.
Change in status. The drive-in is now destroyed. On the evening of 11-14-11 a severe storm that spawned two tornadoes moved through the area. While I don’t know if a tornado hit the drive-in, there was one within 3-4 miles. The screen is now a crumpled mass of metal.
From Goggle Earth 1991
Approx. address for this drive-in was 5375 Van Buren Road.