Comments from kencmcintyre

Here is a 1980 aerial photo:
http://tinyurl.com/ykpw2dv

The last ad for the Uptown in the LA Times is dated 10/23/59 for William Castle’s “The Tingler”. A March 1965 LAT item states that a new Ralphs will open on the site formerly occupied by Fox West Coast’s Uptown Theater. That would put the demolition in the early or mid 1960s. The Times does not mention the closing of the theater or its demolition, that I saw.

Here is a 1957 aerial photo. I used 132 Ben Avon Heights Road to find the drive-in. That is the address of the Giant Eagle market that replaced the theater.
http://tinyurl.com/ylxs6hj

Here is a 2005 photo, before the drive-in was razed:
http://tinyurl.com/yeodpql

Here is a 1971 aerial photo:
http://tinyurl.com/yd5832s

Here is a 1973 aerial photo:
http://tinyurl.com/yd44ja9

Here is a 1964 aerial photo. The land had been redeveloped by 1981.
http://tinyurl.com/ylry2y7

Here is a 1964 aerial view. The drive-in was gone by 1981.
http://tinyurl.com/ygm6bco

Here is an aerial view, circa 1955:
http://tinyurl.com/yeenwog

Here is a 1970 aerial photo. The Towne 4 is at the right:
http://tinyurl.com/yfodvbt

Here is an aerial view circa 1972:
http://tinyurl.com/y89wt2b

Here is an aerial photo, circa 1952. Note the absence of the 405 Freeway below the drive-in.
http://tinyurl.com/yfugkcu