The Daily Freeman of Hudson Valley NY ran a story that I expect to see duplicated in dozens of other towns. Now that the Hollywood studios have stopped supplying film prints of their movies, the Hi-Way of Coxsackie has to decide what it’s going to do about the coming drive-in … Continue reading
Category Archives: New York
Add your message to a drive-in marquee
Here’s a silly bit of fun. RedKid.net offers a Drive-In Movie Marquee Generator, where you can add any three lines of text and watch them added to the old marquee of the Buffalo Drive-In (Cheektowaga NY). The New York Times covered the sad final days of the Buffalo in 2007.
Two NY drive-ins face uncertain off-season
The Daily Mail of Hudson NY recently ran a lengthy, thoughtful article profiling its two nearby drive-in theaters. The Hi-Way (Coxsackie) and Greenville (Greenville) were candidates in Honda’s Project Drive-In, and they were among the over 100 drive-ins that failed to win a free digital projector. Both owners sound ambivalently positive about … Continue reading
“Empire Drive-In” recycles old cars for a good cause
Yes, this probably qualifies as a thing that is not a drive-in. But I’ve read in several places about the Empire Drive-In, a temporary setup at the New York Hall of Science in Queens, and we’ve got a pretty good video to go with it. See what you think.
One-car crash damages Transit marquee
See what happens when you book Gremlins! According to a very brief story in The Buffalo (NY) News, a car drove into a utility pole next to the marquee for the Transit Drive-In in nearby South Lockport, burst into flames and severely damaged the marquee. The News said that no … Continue reading
Project Drive-In roundup 4: The list that wouldn’t die
In the third installment of our roundup of candidates for Honda’s Project Drive-In, I predicted that Honda would choose more than five lucky recipients of digital projectors. What I really didn’t anticipate was that Honda would reopen voting for the second set of winners. With another round of voting comes … Continue reading
Project Drive-In roundup 3: Dark of the screen
I warned you that it might come to this. With less than a week left in Honda’s Project Drive-In voting period, I’ve found media reports about a few more of the candidates. Here’s something confusing: Some of those media reports only partially duplicate other reports. That is, if a new … Continue reading
Project Drive-In roundup
I’ll admit it. I’ve been so overwhelmed by the local media coverage of Honda’s Project Drive-In that it’s been hard to write. On one hand, I don’t especially want you to vote for some Florida drive-in over one on Ohio or vice versa. Heck, I’ve even noticed that Honda has … Continue reading
A look back at the Sunrise
I just wanted to add a quick note to make sure you get a chance to read Ron Marzlock’s little Queens Chronicle history of the Sunrise “open-air automobile movie theater” in Valley Stream NY, near Queens. There are a lot of fun details and a old-time photo of the first drive-in in … Continue reading
Going Attractions coming to the Midway Drive-In
As we edge closer to the 80th anniversary of the drive-in this Thursday, I wanted to be sure to mention the fine article published last week at Syracuse.com. It provides a great roundup of the nine remaining drive-ins in central New York, complete with links, street addresses, and a map … Continue reading