I GREW UP IN ARCADIA AND NOW LIVE IN REDLANDS. THE EL MONTE DRIVE-IN WAS ALWAYS THERE IN ALL OF ITS GLORY WHEN I WAS GROWING UP. EVEN AFTER I MOVED TO REDLANDS, I WOULD ALWAYS PASS BY THE DRIVE-IN ON MY WAY TO VISIT MY PARENTS. UNTIL ONE DAY, IT WASN’T THERE…I CRYED…I WAS SO MAD AT THE PEOPLE IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY AND HOME DEPOT FOR NOT TRYING TO SAVE AT LEAST THE SCREEN WITH THE “CARMEN MIRANDA” DANCING FIGURE ON IT. THAT DRIVE-IN WAS A LAND MARK!…I AM SO GLAD THAT THE CITY I LIVE IN NOW, REDLANDS, TAKES PRIDE IN RESTORING ITS LANDMARKS, SUCH AS THE FOX THEATER, NOW IN RESTORATION, INSTEAD OF TEARING THEM DOWN.
I GREW UP IN ARCADIA AND NOW LIVE IN REDLANDS. THE EL MONTE DRIVE-IN WAS ALWAYS THERE IN ALL OF ITS GLORY WHEN I WAS GROWING UP. EVEN AFTER I MOVED TO REDLANDS, I WOULD ALWAYS PASS BY THE DRIVE-IN ON MY WAY TO VISIT MY PARENTS. UNTIL ONE DAY, IT WASN’T THERE…I CRYED…I WAS SO MAD AT THE PEOPLE IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY AND HOME DEPOT FOR NOT TRYING TO SAVE AT LEAST THE SCREEN WITH THE “CARMEN MIRANDA” DANCING FIGURE ON IT. THAT DRIVE-IN WAS A LAND MARK!…I AM SO GLAD THAT THE CITY I LIVE IN NOW, REDLANDS, TAKES PRIDE IN RESTORING ITS LANDMARKS, SUCH AS THE FOX THEATER, NOW IN RESTORATION, INSTEAD OF TEARING THEM DOWN.