I can remember the Bel Air Drive-In in 1953. All the teenagers thought this was the neighborhood hot spot.
Every once in a while, we would hear about some of these teenager wandering off to the nearby gravel pit and drowning. So sad, but true.
View didn’t correct, so it is looking due north on College Avenue, and on the right side of the street, midway where the trees are, is where the Mecca stood.
Corrected view on photo, the Mecca Theatre was halfway on the left side which is looking south on College Avenue just south of Massachusetts Avenue between Walnut and St Clair Streets on the east side of the street. Basically in the 40’s it was Noble Street, then in the 50’s it became College Avenue which ran from Virginia Avenue to the northside of Indianapolis past Broad Ripple. I watched movies in the Mecca when I was 4 years old in 1949. Hope this helps.
Lived on N Alabama, two blocks north of the St Clair Theatre in 1949. Remember the Judy Canova Movies.
Had lost touch through the years and it’s a blessing that there are people out there that still care. It means a lot!
I can remember the Bel Air Drive-In in 1953. All the teenagers thought this was the neighborhood hot spot. Every once in a while, we would hear about some of these teenager wandering off to the nearby gravel pit and drowning. So sad, but true.
View didn’t correct, so it is looking due north on College Avenue, and on the right side of the street, midway where the trees are, is where the Mecca stood.
Corrected view on photo, the Mecca Theatre was halfway on the left side which is looking south on College Avenue just south of Massachusetts Avenue between Walnut and St Clair Streets on the east side of the street. Basically in the 40’s it was Noble Street, then in the 50’s it became College Avenue which ran from Virginia Avenue to the northside of Indianapolis past Broad Ripple. I watched movies in the Mecca when I was 4 years old in 1949. Hope this helps.
Lived on N Alabama, two blocks north of the St Clair Theatre in 1949. Remember the Judy Canova Movies. Had lost touch through the years and it’s a blessing that there are people out there that still care. It means a lot!