Blue Hills Drive-In
885 Blue Hills Avenue,
Bloomfield,
CT
06002
885 Blue Hills Avenue,
Bloomfield,
CT
06002
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The Blue HIlls Drive-In opened its gates on August 14, 1952 with Gordon McRae in “About Face” and William Ching in “Bal Tabarin” along with several unnamed cartoons. It was first both owned and operated Phillip W. Mather. The drive-in is located really close to the transmitters of Hartford AM radio station WDRC (a then-CBS Radio affiliate that would later become a Top 40 station in the 1960s and 1970s).
From Billboard, May 22, 1954: “Blue Hills Drive-In Theater Corporation, Bloomfield, Conn., has erected an eight-foot aluminum fence around its property at a cost of $10,000.”
I’d say that this drive-in needs to be re-classified as “demolished”. There is no evidence of a screen, concession stand/projector booth, or even ramps as the field has been plowed or leveled. The only remnant of the drive-in remaining is part of the entrance road. http://tinyurl.com/zgetnst
There is a small greenhouse and some gardens in part of the area…Concession stand possibly still in use as storage. See photos. Such a shame!
Owner by the Mathers Industrial area now
There was a capacity for 500 cars.
I’m not sure this should be classified as demolished. The property still is vacant, but the concession building remains and is currently used for storage.