Several structures were built on the old drive-in site by 1990. They, along with the second screen, remained standing at least to 1999. By 2002, the entire property had been razed flat which also took away the screen.
Jamey_monroe45 - Yet the address for the Mission Drive-In for Cinema Treasures is right next to the drive-in itself, not the marquee.
For the Shasta, going back to the 1959 topo map the area was residential back then. So, the entrance road of the drive-in connected to Winter Avenue. Just as the Mission Drive-In entrance road connected to Guttenburg Street.
To me, that’s consistent. Is there an inconsistency that I’m not seeing?
I’ve seen drive-ins out of use for decades and as long as the property was well-kept and everything is intact, it can be difficult to tell. But growing grass normally means no cars are parking on the ramps. Perhaps the greenish ground is simply bad color in the photo.
The marquee, which I assume would be on Main Street, might verify whether 46th or 47th was where the entrance road connected. Assuming anything else is identifiable in the photo.
I see grass as well in the 1982 aerial. Normally, that would indicate a closed drive-in. But if it was still advertising at that time, then it would be open.
Also, is there any verification outside of the aerial that says the entrance was on 47th Street? Because I see either an entrance or exit road right next to the screen on 46th Street. And I’m NOT seeing a ticket booth in either location which would verify the entrance road because the aerial itself is a little blurry.
We can always guess, but verification outside the aerial is needed. Otherwise, Mahogany Lane works pretty well since it is the center of the drive-in property.
Between 1994 and 2000 the entire area looks like it was razed. Wiping out all traces of the drive-in and its entrance and exit roads. A new set of roads were then constructed in the area.
The original entrance was the 3234 S. Coast Highway address. With the entrance road running to the ticket booth on the SE corner of the drive-in which can be seen clearly in the 1976 aerial.
So, it depends on whether you want to use the original entrance road or use the new road which was constructed well after the drive-in was demolished as the address.
Today, all traces of the drive-in, including the original entrance/exit roads and outline save for the projection booth/concession stand which is still intact and in-use.
Google Maps has updated their addresses and this puts it right on the property.
The ramps have been obliterated. Seems from the street views that dirt may have been dumped on the property (not uncommon). But the outline, pieces of the screen and projector booth/concession stand foundations, and part of the entrance is still present.
The entrance was off 7th Street about where Columbia Street now intersects.
And, 7th Street was never connected to WA-26. It’s somewhat difficult to tell in the 1955 aerial, but the 1964 aerial shows no road off WA-26 that would allow access to 7th Street. I suppose you could drive on the dirt, but there was no road connection. Which is rather curious since WA-26 is not elevated, so connecting it to 7th would be easy, it seems.
Today, despite being an open field with only Columbia Street intersecting the northern part of the property, there is no trace of the drive-in remaining. It appears that a considerable amount of soil was placed on the property which covers all remnants of the drive-in.
I’m not seeing a second screen on the property. There appears to be a second screen in the NE corner of the property in a 1981 photo, but it’s long gone. There are good Google Street Views from both north and south of the drive-in and I’m not seeing a second screen.
Not gonna lie, it would take some work to re-open this drive-in. The way the parking lot sits, traffic would have to be re-routed to pass in front of the screen and down the south side of the property. And, there is a big pile of dirt in front of the screen that needs to be addressed.
Those are not big issues in an of themselves, but someone will have to crunch the numbers of expected ticket sales vs. cost to determine if re-opening this drive-in is viable.
I believe that all traces of the box office was removed by 2006. The long, rectangular slab present near what was the entrance and the main road does not appear until 2006.
Plus, there is a similar slab further up what was the entrance road that also doesn’t appear until 2006. Both seem unrelated to the drive-in.
I can find no trace of the old drive-in remaining. But on a side note, all the stuff piled up in the backyard of 1207 Big Sky Court makes me wonder just what is going on? ;)
In addition to the outline and ramps, the foundations of the projection booth/concession stand and ticket booths are still present.
There is also a square foundation near where the screen was located, but I’m not sure based on the aerials what it was. Although it can be seen in the 1972 aerial, so it is related to the drive-in.
Funny that the land hasn’t been developed for housing. A June 2022 Google Street View shows a new house being built just to the east of the drive-in.
The 1967 aerial photo is not misdated. It clearly shows Tulsa as it was in 1967 which includes a twinned 11th Street Drive-In.
First, a 1968 Topo map shows the drive-in twinned. Now, topo maps can be terribly out of date, but they don’t add things that are not there.
The same 1967 aerial photo shows the Skyview Drive-In open and operational when it was closed in 1970 and demolished shortly afterwards.
HWY 75 North, which construction began by 1969 and was completed by 1977 doesn’t exist. Eastland Mall, which was almost completed by the mid-1970s doesn’t exist in the photo either.
I can go on, but the aerial photo is accurate. The ad is wrong.
Several structures were built on the old drive-in site by 1990. They, along with the second screen, remained standing at least to 1999. By 2002, the entire property had been razed flat which also took away the screen.
Jamey_monroe45 - Yet the address for the Mission Drive-In for Cinema Treasures is right next to the drive-in itself, not the marquee.
For the Shasta, going back to the 1959 topo map the area was residential back then. So, the entrance road of the drive-in connected to Winter Avenue. Just as the Mission Drive-In entrance road connected to Guttenburg Street.
To me, that’s consistent. Is there an inconsistency that I’m not seeing?
I’ve seen drive-ins out of use for decades and as long as the property was well-kept and everything is intact, it can be difficult to tell. But growing grass normally means no cars are parking on the ramps. Perhaps the greenish ground is simply bad color in the photo.
The marquee, which I assume would be on Main Street, might verify whether 46th or 47th was where the entrance road connected. Assuming anything else is identifiable in the photo.
I see grass as well in the 1982 aerial. Normally, that would indicate a closed drive-in. But if it was still advertising at that time, then it would be open.
Also, is there any verification outside of the aerial that says the entrance was on 47th Street? Because I see either an entrance or exit road right next to the screen on 46th Street. And I’m NOT seeing a ticket booth in either location which would verify the entrance road because the aerial itself is a little blurry.
We can always guess, but verification outside the aerial is needed. Otherwise, Mahogany Lane works pretty well since it is the center of the drive-in property.
A few residences now occupy the property.
There is a building of similar size where the concession stand/projector booth once stood. Whether this is the same building I cannot tell.
The two parallel lines of bushes and shrubs running north/south towards the west side of the property are where the screen once stood.
Only the faint parch marks of the first few rows of the ramps and what may be the buried foundation of the screen are still present.
The marquee, which was present in 2012, is now gone and no trace of it is left.
A closer address is 3308 NE 3rd St, Prineville, OR.
Google Maps has updated their addresses (as they often do). This one places it right where the old entrance road connected to NE 3rd.
A 1982 aerial shows the drive-in intact, although clearly closed with vegetation growing on the ramps.
https://tinyurl.com/3tn55hjy
A closer address is 94354 Rink Creek Ln, Coquille, OR.
This puts it right on the property.
https://tinyurl.com/392c2kzh
Between 1994 and 2000 the entire area looks like it was razed. Wiping out all traces of the drive-in and its entrance and exit roads. A new set of roads were then constructed in the area.
The original entrance was the 3234 S. Coast Highway address. With the entrance road running to the ticket booth on the SE corner of the drive-in which can be seen clearly in the 1976 aerial.
So, it depends on whether you want to use the original entrance road or use the new road which was constructed well after the drive-in was demolished as the address.
Amazingly enough, a strip of the drive-in is still visible, including the screen foundation just to the west of the Hermiston Cinema.
A closer address is 6200 W Hwy 80, Midland, TX.
This puts it right on the entrance and is the officially listed address on Google Maps for the drive-in.
https://tinyurl.com/34frcs5y
The drive-in was still intact in a 1982 aerial.
Today, all traces of the drive-in, including the original entrance/exit roads and outline save for the projection booth/concession stand which is still intact and in-use.
A closer address is 1555 S Gold St, Chehalis, WA.
Google Maps has updated their addresses and this puts it right on the property.
The ramps have been obliterated. Seems from the street views that dirt may have been dumped on the property (not uncommon). But the outline, pieces of the screen and projector booth/concession stand foundations, and part of the entrance is still present.
https://tinyurl.com/ypcjw8c9
The entrance was off 7th Street about where Columbia Street now intersects.
And, 7th Street was never connected to WA-26. It’s somewhat difficult to tell in the 1955 aerial, but the 1964 aerial shows no road off WA-26 that would allow access to 7th Street. I suppose you could drive on the dirt, but there was no road connection. Which is rather curious since WA-26 is not elevated, so connecting it to 7th would be easy, it seems.
Today, despite being an open field with only Columbia Street intersecting the northern part of the property, there is no trace of the drive-in remaining. It appears that a considerable amount of soil was placed on the property which covers all remnants of the drive-in.
A closer address is 1278 Main St, Oxford, ME.
It’s not exact, but right next door to what’s left of the drive-in.
https://tinyurl.com/2s3z9ab7
I can still see the outline and remnants of ramps. Although just barely against the rest of the field.
As of June 2023, the marquee is still standing. It is being used by Cruisers Diner.
I’m not seeing a second screen on the property. There appears to be a second screen in the NE corner of the property in a 1981 photo, but it’s long gone. There are good Google Street Views from both north and south of the drive-in and I’m not seeing a second screen.
That’s exactly what I said, a “chunk”, not the entire drive-in.
But it might as well have been the entire drive-in. ;)
Not gonna lie, it would take some work to re-open this drive-in. The way the parking lot sits, traffic would have to be re-routed to pass in front of the screen and down the south side of the property. And, there is a big pile of dirt in front of the screen that needs to be addressed.
Those are not big issues in an of themselves, but someone will have to crunch the numbers of expected ticket sales vs. cost to determine if re-opening this drive-in is viable.
I believe that all traces of the box office was removed by 2006. The long, rectangular slab present near what was the entrance and the main road does not appear until 2006.
Plus, there is a similar slab further up what was the entrance road that also doesn’t appear until 2006. Both seem unrelated to the drive-in.
I can find no trace of the old drive-in remaining. But on a side note, all the stuff piled up in the backyard of 1207 Big Sky Court makes me wonder just what is going on? ;)
In addition to the outline and ramps, the foundations of the projection booth/concession stand and ticket booths are still present.
There is also a square foundation near where the screen was located, but I’m not sure based on the aerials what it was. Although it can be seen in the 1972 aerial, so it is related to the drive-in.
Funny that the land hasn’t been developed for housing. A June 2022 Google Street View shows a new house being built just to the east of the drive-in.
A closer address is 1648 Blazen Rd, Conrad, MT.
Google Maps has updated their addresses and this puts it right on the property.
It is now private property, but you can still see the outline, ramps, and the projection booth/concession stand is still present.
https://tinyurl.com/y5cyr8vd
The 1967 aerial photo is not misdated. It clearly shows Tulsa as it was in 1967 which includes a twinned 11th Street Drive-In.
First, a 1968 Topo map shows the drive-in twinned. Now, topo maps can be terribly out of date, but they don’t add things that are not there.
The same 1967 aerial photo shows the Skyview Drive-In open and operational when it was closed in 1970 and demolished shortly afterwards.
HWY 75 North, which construction began by 1969 and was completed by 1977 doesn’t exist. Eastland Mall, which was almost completed by the mid-1970s doesn’t exist in the photo either.
I can go on, but the aerial photo is accurate. The ad is wrong.