Tyrone Garden Auto Drive-In

4103 Park Street N.,
St. Petersburg, FL 33710

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Previous Names: Garden Drive-In

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Tyrone Garden Auto Drive-In

The Garden Drive-In was located on Park Street North at Tyrone Boulevard, near what is now Tyrone Square Mall. It was opened January 20, 1951 with Abbott & Costello “In the Navy”. It was operated at that time by Mark Cummins. It was closed in the late-1980’s and a Walmart was built on the site in 1992.

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AndyCallahanMajorMajor
AndyCallahanMajorMajor on April 13, 2010 at 7:19 pm

It was listed in the St. Petersburg Times in 1963, if that helps.

AndyCallahanMajorMajor
AndyCallahanMajorMajor on December 6, 2010 at 6:48 am

It’s listed here. South Pasadena is a separate city from St. Pete, even though it’s only about a square mile or two.

RRF
RRF on July 7, 2013 at 4:50 pm

The theater added 50-75 car spaces in a vacant part of the lot for the run of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid during its extended run. It was built by Ben Cohen of Holiday Amusements / Cincinnati Ohio.

jimmyj
jimmyj on December 14, 2013 at 7:15 am

The “Garden Drive In Theater” was popular in the 1950s.

deadheaddion
deadheaddion on February 8, 2016 at 12:18 pm

My girlfriend Vickie B. and I use to go to The Garden all the time, back in the late 70’s. We were teenagers from the beach so it was our go to theatre. We also use to hit The Mustang and 28th st. too. Sad there’s not more pictures of The Garden out there on the internet.

deadheaddion
deadheaddion on February 8, 2016 at 12:24 pm

A closed down Wal-mart, now sits in her place.

maleman
maleman on August 19, 2016 at 10:46 am

When I was a kid living in St Pete almost every weekend you could find me here I have not been back since 1977 I am sure many changes by this time 2016

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on October 21, 2018 at 8:13 am

525 cars. Site is now a Wal-mart.

50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on December 7, 2022 at 10:26 am

The Walmart was built in 1992 in the site of the theater and opened on May 15, 1993. The Walmart actually closed in 2014 and currently it was still abandoned as of 2022. It could be one of the last (or possibly the last) 1990s-era looking Walmarts in Florida.

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