Mission Drive In, San Antonio tx
Sadly, the Mission Drive-In here in San Antonio is no longer. Santikos Theaters, who owned the drive-in, sold the land to the city of San Antonio, who are turning the space into a much needed library for the south side. they will save part of the existing structure since it is part of the history of the city and it is in a historic district (just blocks away from Mission San Jose).
ken-e
I can help a little bit with some of the WA drive-ins.
For starters, the town isn't 'Bothwell'--it's Bothell. And yes, that drive-in was in Kenmore, but at that time Kenmore was just a neighborhood, and considered part of Bothell. I suspect all mail for Kenmore went through the Bothell post office at that time.
Centralia--it is or was called 'Twin City Drive-In' because Centralia and Chehalis are close enough that their city limits abut, thus they're one of many pairs using 'Twin Cities' as self-descriptive.
(Twin Towns is more like it)
Everett
The Puget Park Drive-in's location is most easily given as 'just south of the intersection of I-5 and 128th St. SE'. If you go to Google Maps and zoom down to that intersection, then go to satellite, you get a nice pic of the place.
I don't know anything about the one in Beverly Park--it was long gone before I spent any time in the area. Same for the one(s) by the Snohomish River.
Kent
According to http://driveintheater.com/list/washingt.htm the El Rancho--which is indeed in Kent; SE Kent, if you will--is dead. It shows up nicely on the most recent satellite pic on Google Maps; maybe I'll drive over there this weekend.
The Midway, sadly, is almost completely gone now. Was a big site for swapmeets for a long time.
Seattle
I can give you the intersection to look at for where the Aurora Drive-In used to be, but there are no signs of it any more.
135th and Aurora Ave N.--the drive-in used to be where the big warehouse store is now, just NE of that intersection.
The Duwamish I never went to, and didn't spend time in that part of town, so no help there.
Oh, and in Oregon--the drive-in just north of Milton-Freewater was, I think, named the Starlite. I used to ride my bicycle over there when I was 11 to 15 years old. That'd be the 2nd half of the '50s.
-denny-
comments: The reason you couldn\'t find the J & R Drive-in in Goldendale, Washington is that it was on a farm several miles northwest of town.
Name: Joel Martin
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comments: I noticed on the site that it \"couldn\'t be found\" on the Rockland map... This is because it wasn\'t actually in Rockland!
The theater was located on Rt. 1 in Rockport. It closed in the late 80s, and was torn down sometime between 1992 and 1995; a garden center sits on the site now, and no trace remains. If you find any photos of this DI, please post them, as I\'ve been searching for pictures of this DI, where I grew up, but have yet to find one.
I hope this is of a little help.
S. Kwatcher
I think I got all of the wp references changed to MT.
I'll be working on the look of this site as I have time. I am accepting form mails again.
A few of the form mails seem to have gotten lost, so if you don't see yours, please resend them. Form Mails from 2001 and 2002 are the ones I am uncertain about.
Thanks !
