I grew up across the street from this theater. Skyview sat on the NE corner of 23rd and Coltrane. I lived on the SE side of the intersection behind a few run-down corner stores in a old run-down neighborhood called Garden Days. It the poor side of the street.
Right behind Skyview on the north side of 23rd is Forest Park. Coltrane runs right through it. A nice neighborhood with big homes. The population in this entire area is about 95% African-Amercian, so the only people that really catered to Skyview before it was shut down was mainly African-American.
When I was old enough to drive (1977) I would take my Volkswagon Bug to Skyview on Wednesday night. Wednesdays was $1 per car night. We would squeeze as many people in my bug as we would and pay $1 to see 3 movies. It was good times. The fun was incredible. Of course you’d see about 20 to 30 cars that night, but what seemed like hundreds of people running around outside or sitting outside watching the movie.
I was eventually over-taken by mothernature and torn down in the late 90’s I believe. I’m not sure when. Something was put there for awhile admist all the trees. I never knew what it was, but it to has been claimed by the land.
This theater was a big part of my early life. Even when I pass by that spot today, my eyes water up at the great history I had there.
I grew up across the street from this theater. Skyview sat on the NE corner of 23rd and Coltrane. I lived on the SE side of the intersection behind a few run-down corner stores in a old run-down neighborhood called Garden Days. It the poor side of the street.
Right behind Skyview on the north side of 23rd is Forest Park. Coltrane runs right through it. A nice neighborhood with big homes. The population in this entire area is about 95% African-Amercian, so the only people that really catered to Skyview before it was shut down was mainly African-American.
When I was old enough to drive (1977) I would take my Volkswagon Bug to Skyview on Wednesday night. Wednesdays was $1 per car night. We would squeeze as many people in my bug as we would and pay $1 to see 3 movies. It was good times. The fun was incredible. Of course you’d see about 20 to 30 cars that night, but what seemed like hundreds of people running around outside or sitting outside watching the movie.
I was eventually over-taken by mothernature and torn down in the late 90’s I believe. I’m not sure when. Something was put there for awhile admist all the trees. I never knew what it was, but it to has been claimed by the land.
This theater was a big part of my early life. Even when I pass by that spot today, my eyes water up at the great history I had there.