This is marked demolished, but the building still exists, although the facade is gone leaving it nearly unrecognizable. It is currently a whitewashed front of a metal company.
Congregation Ahavas Shalom did not take over the location, but is located in the adjacent building, where it opened in 1925 (the window on the left of the photo above is theirs).
The General Cinemas behind the New England Shopping Center did indeed close in the mid to late 80s in preparation for the new mall construction (has had most of the small stores), but the construction was long delayed and it sat there for years.
While investigating something about the drive-in, I came here, and thought I would point out a couple things from historicarials.com that are mentioned above.
There WAS a drive-in that straddled the line between Revere and East Boston, but I believe it was called the Suffolk Downs Drive-In, and was located across Bennington Street from the race track on what is now the Belle Isle Marsh Reservation. It was built after 1955 (maybe 1957), and it appears the screen still existed in 1971 but gone by 1978. No sign of it existed by 1995. This would have co-existed with the Revere Drive-In, so it would not have shared a name with it.
However, if you look at the aerials from 1955 of the Revere Drive-In, and then look at across Squire Rd., you’ll see the outline that appears as if it was a drive-in that has been abandoned. Could this have been the “previous” Revere Drive-In, that was abandoned in favor of the larger one across the street?
I seem to remember it being more basic – no giant windows, mostly white with some black vertical bars.
This is marked demolished, but the building still exists, although the facade is gone leaving it nearly unrecognizable. It is currently a whitewashed front of a metal company.
Congregation Ahavas Shalom did not take over the location, but is located in the adjacent building, where it opened in 1925 (the window on the left of the photo above is theirs).
The General Cinemas behind the New England Shopping Center did indeed close in the mid to late 80s in preparation for the new mall construction (has had most of the small stores), but the construction was long delayed and it sat there for years.
While investigating something about the drive-in, I came here, and thought I would point out a couple things from historicarials.com that are mentioned above.
There WAS a drive-in that straddled the line between Revere and East Boston, but I believe it was called the Suffolk Downs Drive-In, and was located across Bennington Street from the race track on what is now the Belle Isle Marsh Reservation. It was built after 1955 (maybe 1957), and it appears the screen still existed in 1971 but gone by 1978. No sign of it existed by 1995. This would have co-existed with the Revere Drive-In, so it would not have shared a name with it.
However, if you look at the aerials from 1955 of the Revere Drive-In, and then look at across Squire Rd., you’ll see the outline that appears as if it was a drive-in that has been abandoned. Could this have been the “previous” Revere Drive-In, that was abandoned in favor of the larger one across the street?