7 & 27 Twin Drive-In
Highway 7 and York Regional Road 27,
Toronto,
ON
L4H 0R2
Highway 7 and York Regional Road 27,
Toronto,
ON
L4H 0R2
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Previously operated by: 20th Century Theaters, Famous Players, Loews
Previous Names: 7 & 27 Drive-In
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Located in the Vaughan district to the north of Toronto, ON. The 7 & 27 Drive-In opened June 30, 1967 as a single screen theatre with Tony Curtis in “Don’t Make Waves”, Boris Karloff in “Corridors of Blood”, Barabra Lass in “Werewolf in a Girls Dormitory” & Yul Brynner in “Return of the Seven”. It was twinned in 1978. This drive-in has joined the list of the dead when it was closed on September 2, 1997 and demolished in fall of 1998.
Housing has been built on the site.
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This was a great drive-in! It was one of the last drive-ins constructed around ‘68 or '69 in Toronto. It was originally a single screen theatre when it opened, and held about 1200 cars. It was made a twin the same year the 400 was, back in 1978. The 7&27 seemed to be the forgotten drive-in of Toronto. Most people would go to the 400 first, then the 7&27 after if the 400 was sold out. I think this was largely due to location. The 7&27 was northwest of the city, unlike the 400, it was not close to a 400 series highway, and not central. The snack bar was huge in this theatre. It featured a horseshoe shaped concession counter, which was a design that was mean’t to speed up the process of cashing out patrons during intermission. When I went to this theatre through the '80s, there was nothing around it. By 1997, when the theatre closed, it was surrounded by homes, and a mall. I was sad to see this theatre go, like the 400, because there were a lot of great memories attached to this and the 400 Drive-ins.
I was only at the 7 & 27 Drive-In two times, so I dont remember to much about this Drive-In, but your right it did have a huge horseshoe shaped snack bar and it was located pretty close to the 400 Drive-In.
Good Story Drive-in Girl,we all sadly,have them.
Thanks Drive-in Girl.
June 30th, 1967 grand opening ad in photo section
That all Toronto got for the Centennial of Canada, Montreal got EXPO ‘67 (which had many cinemas), The Metro and an new expressway network and three new cinemas (Place Bonaventre, Atwater and Place Du Canada.)
Opened with “Don’t make waves”, “Return of the seven”, “Corridor of blood” and “Werewolf in a girls dormitory”.
Closed on September 2, 1997 with “Air Force One” and “Men In Black” in Screen 1 and “Event Horizon” and “Faceoff” in Screen 2. It was once operated by 20th Century Theatres.