Westside Drive-In

14350 W. 8 Mile Road,
Oak Park, MI 48237

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GRC
GRC on December 27, 2022 at 12:12 am

The West Side (or, Westside) was the second in the Detroit area (April 1940) after the East Side (1938). It was the first area drive-in to install a CinemaScope screen in 1954 (East Side followed days later) and the first to offer electric in-car heaters (October 1957) with the East Side following quickly.

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on March 17, 2019 at 12:35 am

This site is now B&B Windows & Doors, and Weathergard.

rivest266
rivest266 on November 5, 2015 at 6:54 pm

April 26th, 1940 grand opening ad in photo section.

Michigandriveins.com
Michigandriveins.com on September 2, 2013 at 1:20 pm

After comparing it to the 1984 photo I just added, I question whether this photo on drive-ins.com is actually the Westside: http://www.drive-ins.com/pictures/mitwes2002.jpg

Michigandriveins.com
Michigandriveins.com on September 2, 2013 at 1:16 pm

The Westside in Cleveland had an idential screen tower: http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/7765/photos/78618

teecee
teecee on April 8, 2005 at 2:08 pm

Nice photos:
http://www.drive-ins.com/theater/mitwes2

dave-bronx™
dave-bronx™ on April 4, 2005 at 1:08 am

This drive-in along with the Eastside, Dearborn and Ypsi-Ann Drive-Ins were operated by General Cinema Corp. for many years, until they sold them in the 1980s (Ypsi-Ann was sold in the mid 70s). Since the company had several with the same name, this was known on the company rolls as Detroit-West, and the Eastside was known as Detroit-East.