Willard, if you will email me via my contact email address on this site, I will dig out the pictures, scan them, and send them to you. I learned to drive at the 23rd Street Drive In. jg
In 1965 the Park was a dinner theater. My fraternity had our New Year’s Eve party there. It was an Independent Theater and may not have been sold to Martin Theaters.
Richard & Willard, just to add to your knowledge of the State/Martin, Ben Landress was the manager for years in the 1950s and 1960s. Henry, didn’t I attend McCallie with you?
I too remember the Brainerd Theater very well. During my grammar school days, my friends and I from Elbert S. Long would roller skate on Saturday mornings, then walk over to the Brainerd for the Kiddie Matinee. There would be a sea of roller skates in the lobby during the show. The Brainerd had a “cry room” on the same level as the projection booth where birthday parties or such could view a movie. Independent Theaters (Moses Lebovitz & Jay Solomon) sold the Brainerd to the Martin Theaters. I know the stories about most of the theaters in town because my grandfather was in the ownership group before Independent Theatres in the 1940s and early 1950s. We lived next to the Skyway Drive-in on Brainerd Road.
My grandfather, Don Shaw, built the Sky Way Drive-In and assisted in the building of the other drive-ins in Chattanooga. Our family home was at 5500 Woodlawn Drive next to the Sky Way. We had a speaker in the yard. After the storm blew down the screen in 1959, we moved to East Brainerd. Our land and the Sky Way property were developed as Eastgate Mall. I have pictures of the Sky Way and aerials. I may have pictures of the other drive-ins too.
Willard, if you will email me via my contact email address on this site, I will dig out the pictures, scan them, and send them to you. I learned to drive at the 23rd Street Drive In. jg
Richard, yes I believe that it was.
In 1965 the Park was a dinner theater. My fraternity had our New Year’s Eve party there. It was an Independent Theater and may not have been sold to Martin Theaters.
Richard & Willard, just to add to your knowledge of the State/Martin, Ben Landress was the manager for years in the 1950s and 1960s. Henry, didn’t I attend McCallie with you?
I too remember the Brainerd Theater very well. During my grammar school days, my friends and I from Elbert S. Long would roller skate on Saturday mornings, then walk over to the Brainerd for the Kiddie Matinee. There would be a sea of roller skates in the lobby during the show. The Brainerd had a “cry room” on the same level as the projection booth where birthday parties or such could view a movie. Independent Theaters (Moses Lebovitz & Jay Solomon) sold the Brainerd to the Martin Theaters. I know the stories about most of the theaters in town because my grandfather was in the ownership group before Independent Theatres in the 1940s and early 1950s. We lived next to the Skyway Drive-in on Brainerd Road.
Joe, please contact me about the Skyway drive-in in Chattanooga, tennessee. thanks, jg
Joe, please contact me about the Skyway drive-in in Chattanooga, tennessee. thanks, jg
Joe, please contact me about the Skyway drive-in in Chattanooga, tennessee. thanks, jg
William, please contact me about the Skyway Drive-in in Chattanooga, Tennessee. thanks, jg
William, please contact me about the Skyway Drive-in in Chattanooga, Tennessee. thanks jg
William,
Please contact me about the Skyway Drive-in in Chattanooga, Tennessee. I saw your posts.
My grandfather, Don Shaw, built the Sky Way Drive-In and assisted in the building of the other drive-ins in Chattanooga. Our family home was at 5500 Woodlawn Drive next to the Sky Way. We had a speaker in the yard. After the storm blew down the screen in 1959, we moved to East Brainerd. Our land and the Sky Way property were developed as Eastgate Mall. I have pictures of the Sky Way and aerials. I may have pictures of the other drive-ins too.