Steve Swanson visits Oregon’s drive-ins

posted by Michael Zoldessy on August 27, 2008 at 7:40 am

This story takes a look at Oregon’s drive-in’s as well as one man that’s made a hobby out of visiting as many in the Northwest as possible.

For eight years, Swanson’s traveled all over the Northwest visiting drive-in movie theaters and documenting his experiences through photographs and detailed accounts on his blog, “Travels with Steve Swanson.”

Swanson grew up in Roseburg, home of the former Starlite Drive-In Theatre, which closed in 1997 after its final production, a showing of the 1978 classic “Grease.”

Read more in the Baker City Herald.