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Silicon Sam commented about Port Drive-In on Nov 21, 2010 at 11:52 am

If the above picture links are correct, then the 5300 River Ave address belongs to the Gateway Drive-In. The Port Drive-In is at 4801 River Ave.

The shopping center described above would be where the Gateway once stood then.

The Gateway needs an entry.

http://www.drive-ins.com/pictures/sctgate001.jpg

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Silicon Sam commented about Ramon Theatre on Nov 19, 2010 at 11:35 am

Don, in your pic it’s spelled Ramon, not Raymon, however……

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Silicon Sam commented about Fort Roc Drive-In on Nov 19, 2010 at 10:25 am

Fort Rock or Roc or Ft Roc…. Guess it depends on which letters fell off the marquee.

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Silicon Sam commented about Auto Theatre on Nov 19, 2010 at 12:32 am

Yep, that’s the case, according to some notes I saw…

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Silicon Sam commented about Fort Roc Drive-In on Nov 19, 2010 at 12:22 am

Was located at the SW corner of Cherry Rd and Grier McGuire Dr. Layout still visible from the air.

H E R E

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Silicon Sam commented about Auto Theatre on Nov 19, 2010 at 12:15 am

Located where the Cherry Park Centre Shopping Center is located now. At the corner of Cherry Rd and Ebinport Rd.

H E R E

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Silicon Sam commented about Carroll Drive-In on Nov 18, 2010 at 3:05 am

At the SE corner of US30 and Phoenix Ave, GE 1990 imagery shows a drive in at this site. Out East of town.

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Silicon Sam commented about Holiday Drive-In on Nov 16, 2010 at 12:30 am

Map link above is quite a few miles off. Try this link for a very close link to the site:

600 Indiana 161, Rockport, Indiana 47635

Pretty funny side note. The Google Street View car took a tour through the drive in.

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Silicon Sam commented about Samuell Boulevard Drive-In on Nov 14, 2010 at 10:39 am

It was located where Oakdale Townhomes are located now, on the North side of Samuell Blvd.

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Silicon Sam commented about Casa View Drive-In on Nov 14, 2010 at 12:14 am

Looking through the area with Historic Aerials, I can’t find another DI on Gus Thomasson, so that is likely the only one there.

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Silicon Sam commented about Casa View Drive-In on Nov 14, 2010 at 12:06 am

If I can track down my 1962 Dallas Mapsco, I’ll see what it says. It is getting pretty fragile, but one day I need to sit down and scan it into my Mac.

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Silicon Sam commented about Black Curtain Dinner Theater on Nov 13, 2010 at 2:04 pm

From their own website:

The Talbott Street Theatre opened as a movie house in 1920. However, the building and four blocks of Talbott Street would become far better known in other ways during the decades to come. During the mid-1950’s the art festival that would become one of the city’s oldest, the Talbott Street Art Fair, was established. It began modestly in an alley as a way for students at the nearby John Herron School of Art to sell their creations During the 1960’s, the Talbott area became associated with peace activists and bohemians, as well as artists.

By then, the movie house had become the Black Curtain Dinner Theatre. Along with the adjacent Hummingbird Café, the dinner theatre was popular through much of the 1970’s. Today the Talbott Street building is an alternative entertainment venue that opened in the former theatre at 2145 N. Talbott Street in 2002. However, the area has been known as a welcoming one for the gay community since the early 1980’s. The current nightclub, which has a Studio 54 style of dance floor, replaced the other gay clubs at the same site.

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Silicon Sam commented about Black Curtain Dinner Theater on Nov 13, 2010 at 2:03 pm

It’s a nightclub…..

http://www.talbottstreet.com

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Silicon Sam commented about Cassell Theatre on Nov 13, 2010 at 1:56 pm

Doesn’t look demolished in that view, and it looks in decent shape. And the address fits perfectly.

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Silicon Sam commented about Cassell Theatre on Nov 13, 2010 at 1:52 pm

Are you talking about this place here?

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Silicon Sam commented about Niles Drive-In on Nov 12, 2010 at 9:19 am

Wonder why it was called 31 Outdoor, since it’s located on 51? Maybe the Route number changed a while back…

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Silicon Sam commented about Rebel Drive-In on Nov 10, 2010 at 10:53 pm

Not sure what road the entrance was on, but this map address will take you right to it.

3101 Forrest Ave, Gadsden, AL 35904 United States

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Silicon Sam commented about Phoenix Theatres on Nov 9, 2010 at 12:15 am

This is their Facebook page:

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And their official website:

http://www.phoenixdrivein.com/

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Silicon Sam commented about Phoenix Theatres on Nov 9, 2010 at 12:14 am

This is the closest I can find to their website. Plenty of info though.

View link

And their official website:

http://www.phoenixdrivein.com/

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Silicon Sam commented about Century 5 Drive-In on Nov 8, 2010 at 6:09 pm

Click on the 1955 or 1958 HA link for the area of where Twin Highways was, you can see the dual entrances. BUT in the 1972 shot, it looks like it was twinned, or a better description it was cloned with another lot next door.

Doesn’t make sense, but that’s what it appears to me to be.

http://www.historicaerials.com/?poi=13599

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Silicon Sam commented about Ritz Theater on Nov 8, 2010 at 4:59 pm

Second to the last photo on this page is a small pic of the Killeen Drive-In.

http://www.americandrivein.com/states/tx.htm

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Silicon Sam commented about Mayfair Theatre on Nov 2, 2010 at 3:32 pm

And the building to it’s South has crumbled too….

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Silicon Sam commented about Mayfair Theatre on Nov 2, 2010 at 3:31 pm

Yeah, but now you can see it!

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Silicon Sam commented about Mayfair Theatre on Nov 2, 2010 at 11:21 am

Zooming in on the map view in the title shows the roof is literally collapsed into the auditorium. It’s a goner now for sure….

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Silicon Sam commented about Buccaneer Drive-In on Nov 2, 2010 at 1:49 am

Notice one of the ads lists the address as 4033, and the other 3 list it as 3033. Would be hard to miss the place I guess…