The issue is that the property has changed dramatically since the drive-in was demolished. It no longer connects to Hilltop Drive, so none of the addresses that include Hilltop Drive seem to come close to finding the property today. Using Google Maps, the 3150 Hilltop Drive address is a good mile away to the west.
The screen sat where the Courtyard Richmond is, at 3150 Garrity Way, Richmond, CA.
Perhaps when Google Maps updates it addresses to include the circular building just to the west of Blume Drive (mere feet from where the old drive-in entrance once stood), that could be used.
The drive-in was completely demolished, but the outline, ramps, and most of the entrance road remains. However, it will most likely become overgrown with trees in the coming years.
A 1955 aerial shows the entire area around the intersection to be a forest. The one open area shows no indication of being used as a drive-in given the number of fully grown trees within its border.
More information is needed to find the address of this drive-in.
A 1950 aerial shows the drive-in at that location. By 1958, a building had replaced the drive-in. Today, the east side of the property is Habitat for Humanity while the west side is the parking lot.
Whatever the flooding issues were, they seemed to have either disappeared or become a manageable issue after the drive-in moved.
The drive-in was still intact in 1987 and appearing to be operational or at least very well maintained.
By 1997, it had been completely demolished.
Today, the Butler High School Football Stadium reaches just into the southern part of the property which is otherwise still an open field. You can still see the imprint of the outline, ramps, and entrance & exit roads.
Double-sided drive-in screens are not very common, but at least one still exists today in Tulsa OK, the Admiral Twin.
The third screen is quite easy to see in the historic aerials. But the projection booth for the screen was difficult for me to find. Turns out it was just behind the back row, blending in with the ground around it. It didn’t have much further to go back since the railroad runs next to it.
The drive-in was still intact in 2002, but the north and south projection booths along with the third screen were gone by 2005. By 2007 it was all removed.
Today, the entire property is overgrown. Only fragments of the entrance road near Cicero Avenue remain. The access road on the north side of the property, which allowed patrons to exit and loop under the 31st Street bridge is now cut off, no longer having any use.
I do not see any drive-in along East Nettleton Avenue in a 1957 aerial. The Indian Drive-In does appear in a 1976 aerial and it was located along East Nettleton Avenue, but that property was vacant in 1957.
Is there more information on where this drive-in was located?
A closer address is 15041 Colonial Drive, Ingleside, ON K0C 1M0
This location is about 400 feet south of where the drive-in sat. Today, you can still see the outline and ramps. The property itself is part of a solar farm.
Nothing but a faint outline with hints of ramps remains. There is a billboard stand that was built after the drive-in closed near where the screen stood. But that hasn’t been used in a long time it seems.
A June 2024 Google Street View shows the projector booth/concession stand still standing. Most of the walls have ivy covering them, but you can still see the small windows for the projectors on the SW side.
The property itself is overgrown with a few trees.
To be fair, the outline, ramps, and foundation of the concession stand/projector booth remains. Along with the main entrance/exit road and the pair of street lights on either side of the entrance still remain.
I-91 sat due west of the theater. While the screen faced east. There is no angle to see the screen from that direction.
It may have been possible to see the screen from across the river on Windsor Road in New Hampshire. Especially during the winter when the leaves were off the trees. That is still a good half-mile. But if you had binoculars.
Google Maps has updated their addresses. A 1981 aerial shows the entrance road to the drive-in connecting to Reck Road, not US-70. That’s because US-70 was widened and moved before the drive-in closed.
Although intact, it does appear that the drive-in may have been closed by 1981. By 1995, it was demolished.
Today, a gas station is where the entrance road used to be, but the outline and most of the ramps are still present along with what’s left of the projection booth/concession stand foundation.
A closer address is 210 Holly Oak Ln, Cheswold, DE.
The original entrance road has been removed. Holly Oak Lane was added after the drive-in closed and the property now connects to the lane and not Main Street.
You can see the drive-in intact, although it doesn’t look in great shape, in a 1981 aerial. It was still relatively intact in 1992, but was totally demolished by 2002.
Today, the property appears to be a self-storage business with most of the drive-in covered by a large parking area. There is no trace of the drive-in remaining.
A 1960 aerial shows the drive-in intact, but I cannot say that it was open. By 1983, the drive-in had been demolished and apart from the general outline, there is no trace of it remaining.
The buildings on the property today appear to be “Beck’s Quality Cabinets, Inc”. Some of the trees on the property show where some of the ramps of the drive-in were located.
The outline, ramps, and projection booth of the drive-in remained until 2015. By 2017, a parking lot had been placed on the property.
The only traces of the drive-in remaining are the remnants of the old entrance road, the base of the marquee, and the wall.
A slightly closer address is 1161 Whitefield Rd Bethlehem, New Hampshire. This puts it right on the property.
The property is currently occupied by Bethlehem Log Yard. Apart from the general outline, there is no trace of the drive-in remaining.
https://tinyurl.com/yuc5mu7j
A closer address is 110 Old Emporia Rd, Gaston, NC.
Google Maps has updated their addresses and this puts it right next to the drive-in. The marquee is still there and falling apart.
https://tinyurl.com/5n77a59x
The issue is that the property has changed dramatically since the drive-in was demolished. It no longer connects to Hilltop Drive, so none of the addresses that include Hilltop Drive seem to come close to finding the property today. Using Google Maps, the 3150 Hilltop Drive address is a good mile away to the west.
The screen sat where the Courtyard Richmond is, at 3150 Garrity Way, Richmond, CA.
Perhaps when Google Maps updates it addresses to include the circular building just to the west of Blume Drive (mere feet from where the old drive-in entrance once stood), that could be used.
The drive-in was completely demolished, but the outline, ramps, and most of the entrance road remains. However, it will most likely become overgrown with trees in the coming years.
A 1955 aerial shows the entire area around the intersection to be a forest. The one open area shows no indication of being used as a drive-in given the number of fully grown trees within its border.
More information is needed to find the address of this drive-in.
A closer address is 6600 7th Street, Bay City, TX
This puts it right on the property. Today, the building is being converted to a Mexican restaurant.
You can still see the outline and ramps of the south part of the drive-in.
https://tinyurl.com/2jckhj9f
So, it disappeared then. ;)
A 1950 aerial shows the drive-in at that location. By 1958, a building had replaced the drive-in. Today, the east side of the property is Habitat for Humanity while the west side is the parking lot.
Whatever the flooding issues were, they seemed to have either disappeared or become a manageable issue after the drive-in moved.
The drive-in was still intact in 1987 and appearing to be operational or at least very well maintained.
By 1997, it had been completely demolished.
Today, the Butler High School Football Stadium reaches just into the southern part of the property which is otherwise still an open field. You can still see the imprint of the outline, ramps, and entrance & exit roads.
Double-sided drive-in screens are not very common, but at least one still exists today in Tulsa OK, the Admiral Twin.
The third screen is quite easy to see in the historic aerials. But the projection booth for the screen was difficult for me to find. Turns out it was just behind the back row, blending in with the ground around it. It didn’t have much further to go back since the railroad runs next to it.
The drive-in was still intact in 2002, but the north and south projection booths along with the third screen were gone by 2005. By 2007 it was all removed.
Today, the entire property is overgrown. Only fragments of the entrance road near Cicero Avenue remain. The access road on the north side of the property, which allowed patrons to exit and loop under the 31st Street bridge is now cut off, no longer having any use.
I do not see any drive-in along East Nettleton Avenue in a 1957 aerial. The Indian Drive-In does appear in a 1976 aerial and it was located along East Nettleton Avenue, but that property was vacant in 1957.
Is there more information on where this drive-in was located?
A closer address is 15041 Colonial Drive, Ingleside, ON K0C 1M0
This location is about 400 feet south of where the drive-in sat. Today, you can still see the outline and ramps. The property itself is part of a solar farm.
https://tinyurl.com/26hb5anp
Nothing but a faint outline with hints of ramps remains. There is a billboard stand that was built after the drive-in closed near where the screen stood. But that hasn’t been used in a long time it seems.
A June 2024 Google Street View shows the projector booth/concession stand still standing. Most of the walls have ivy covering them, but you can still see the small windows for the projectors on the SW side.
The property itself is overgrown with a few trees.
A better address is 2601 W Kingshighway, Paragould, AR.
Google Maps has updated their addresses. This puts it right where the entrance/exit roads use to be. All traces of the drive-in were removed by 1994.
https://tinyurl.com/yc5d9hbe
To be fair, the outline, ramps, and foundation of the concession stand/projector booth remains. Along with the main entrance/exit road and the pair of street lights on either side of the entrance still remain.
A closer address is 7230 KY-805, Jenkins, KY.
Google Maps has updated their addresses and this puts it right where the screen used to be.
Today, it is private property with a single family home and no trace of the drive-in remaining.
https://tinyurl.com/yuhebwup
I-91 sat due west of the theater. While the screen faced east. There is no angle to see the screen from that direction.
It may have been possible to see the screen from across the river on Windsor Road in New Hampshire. Especially during the winter when the leaves were off the trees. That is still a good half-mile. But if you had binoculars.
A closer address is 328 LA-18, Marrero, LA.
Google Maps has updated their addresses and this places it right in the middle of the property.
https://tinyurl.com/cr4kujce
A closer address is 7017 Reck Rd, Wilson, OK.
Google Maps has updated their addresses. A 1981 aerial shows the entrance road to the drive-in connecting to Reck Road, not US-70. That’s because US-70 was widened and moved before the drive-in closed.
Although intact, it does appear that the drive-in may have been closed by 1981. By 1995, it was demolished.
Today, a gas station is where the entrance road used to be, but the outline and most of the ramps are still present along with what’s left of the projection booth/concession stand foundation.
https://tinyurl.com/bd7vwkdv
A closer address is 210 Holly Oak Ln, Cheswold, DE.
The original entrance road has been removed. Holly Oak Lane was added after the drive-in closed and the property now connects to the lane and not Main Street.
You can see the drive-in intact, although it doesn’t look in great shape, in a 1981 aerial. It was still relatively intact in 1992, but was totally demolished by 2002.
Today, the property appears to be a self-storage business with most of the drive-in covered by a large parking area. There is no trace of the drive-in remaining.
https://tinyurl.com/bdefhydp
A 1960 aerial shows the drive-in intact, but I cannot say that it was open. By 1983, the drive-in had been demolished and apart from the general outline, there is no trace of it remaining.
A closer address is 7380 U.S. 51, Minocqua, WI.
The buildings on the property today appear to be “Beck’s Quality Cabinets, Inc”. Some of the trees on the property show where some of the ramps of the drive-in were located.
https://tinyurl.com/38x5spdm
The property is now owned by the city and is a dump for rocks and dirt. There is no trace of the drive-in remaining save for the entrance/exit road.