South Expressway Drive-In 1 & 2

5300 Frontage Road,
Forest Park, GA 30297

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rivest266
rivest266 on April 13, 2018 at 1:54 pm

2 screens on December 28th, 1973. No ad found and closed in 1985

rivest266
rivest266 on April 5, 2018 at 3:25 pm

This opened on July 1st, 1955. Grand ad below. South Expressway Drive-In openingSouth Expressway Drive-In opening · Fri, Jul 1, 1955 – 24 · The Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia) · Newspapers.com

Drive-In 54
Drive-In 54 on September 24, 2015 at 2:01 pm

This the correct address:5300 Frontage Rd
Forest Park, GA 30297

Drive-In 54
Drive-In 54 on September 24, 2015 at 1:47 pm

Uploaded an aerial from 1978 showing the drive-in layout after it was twinned.

jwmovies
jwmovies on December 3, 2012 at 12:42 pm

Approx. address for this drive-in is now 5300 Frontage Rd. Used to be i-75 and Kennedy. Now Grainger and other businesses.

JBrantley
JBrantley on October 16, 2011 at 12:49 pm

It is interesting to know that after PACE, a Sam’s Club and Costco type store, demolished the South Expressway, you could walk over to the the end of the parking lot and still see part of the drive-in that had not yet been demolished.

NYozoner
NYozoner on February 3, 2011 at 11:43 am

The title of this listing should be “South Expressway Drive-In.” At the very least, the words “drive-in” should be mentioned in the title.

Here is a 1960 aerial photo of the drive-in, courtesy of HistoricAerials.com.

StanMalone
StanMalone on May 26, 2009 at 1:08 pm

Link to the Drive In ladder ad in the Atlanta paper on August 5, 1964. The blogger has also written up some of his memories of working at these places. Worth a look if you are interested in the drive in culture from 1970 – 1990.

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