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jimgreenwalt commented about Sky-Way Drive-In on Dec 5, 2006 at 10:21 am

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

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jimgreenwalt commented about Park Theatre on Aug 11, 2006 at 8:15 am

Richard, yes I believe that it was.

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jimgreenwalt commented about Park Theatre on Aug 10, 2006 at 12:06 pm

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.

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jimgreenwalt commented about Martin Theatre on Aug 10, 2006 at 12:02 pm

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?

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jimgreenwalt commented about Brainerd Theater on Aug 10, 2006 at 11:56 am

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.

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jimgreenwalt commented about Highland Theatre Cameo In "The Singing Detective" on Aug 2, 2006 at 12:56 pm

Joe, please contact me about the Skyway drive-in in Chattanooga, tennessee. thanks, jg

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jimgreenwalt commented about El Rey Theater to Close, Faces Destruction on Aug 2, 2006 at 12:54 pm

Joe, please contact me about the Skyway drive-in in Chattanooga, tennessee. thanks, jg

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jimgreenwalt commented about For Sale: Fully Renovated Historic Maine Theatre on Aug 2, 2006 at 12:52 pm

Joe, please contact me about the Skyway drive-in in Chattanooga, tennessee. thanks, jg

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jimgreenwalt commented about The Producers on Aug 2, 2006 at 12:28 pm

William, please contact me about the Skyway Drive-in in Chattanooga, Tennessee. thanks, jg

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jimgreenwalt commented about Southern California Cameos on Aug 2, 2006 at 12:27 pm

William, please contact me about the Skyway Drive-in in Chattanooga, Tennessee. thanks jg

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jimgreenwalt commented about Obituaries: Anthony T. Heinsbergen, 74 on Aug 2, 2006 at 11:17 am

William,

Please contact me about the Skyway Drive-in in Chattanooga, Tennessee. I saw your posts.

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jimgreenwalt commented about Sky-Way Drive-In on Aug 1, 2006 at 8:17 am

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.