Berkshire Drive-In
1491 W. Housatonic Street,
Pittsfield,
MA
01201
1491 W. Housatonic Street,
Pittsfield,
MA
01201
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The Berkshire had that name for all of its life. Its final ads in the Berkshire Eagle were on Labor Day weekend, 1978.
Berkshire Eagle, Aug. 3, 1981: “The Berkshire Drive-In opened in 1948 on 15 acres in West Pittsfield next to what is now the Coach Lite restaurant. It closed in September 1978, and by November of that year its giant outdoor screen had been removed. The property on outer West Housatonic Street was sold then to Paul Bock, co-owner of the restaurant.”
The Berkshire and Lanesboro drive-ins were separate.
Boxoffice, May 12, 1958: “Sylvan Leff’s beautiful and modern 750-car Pittsfield Drive-In at Pittsfield, Mass., is being operated this season on lease by Al Daytz of Boston. Daytz, whose brother Mickey, onetime Warner salesman here (in Albany), is associated with him in a buying-booking service and in drive-in projects, has also taken over the Berkshire Drive-In on the other side of Pittsfield and another at nearby Lanesboro.”
Boxoffice, April 18, 1966: “Al Daytz, president of Esquire Theatres of America, … also operates three drive-ins around Pittsfield, Mass. These are the Pittsfield, the Berkshire and the Lanesboro.”
Renamed Lanesboro Drive-In on April 20th, 1979 and closed in fall, 1984.
Also opened with a cartoon(not named).
Grand opening ad: