The Mid Way Drive In #1
by Harriet Feagin
Title
The Mid Way Drive In #1
Artist
Harriet Feagin
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This theatre was like the other Midway drive-ins that were built midway between two towns or cities. It closed down in the 1980s during a time that few drive-ins were surviving across America.[2] Then, it was purchased, restored, and reopened to play current movies by a local citizen in 2000. The Midway was noted in episode 818 of Texas Country Reporter that aired May 3, 2003.[3] The drive-in ran for over five years until it closed again. The property was rented, and opened intermittently until 2009, when it was purchased by another family, who started a second restoration and reopened the theater.[4] It has been listed as one of 545 known permanently constructed and commercially operated drive-ins in the world that still operated in 2011.[5] Other Midway Drive-Ins are located around the US, but this theater is the only known one still in operation in Texas until 2011.[6] The Midway Drive-In closed down and did not open in 2012 because of the lack of available 35-mm film prints. Supply slowed down because of the Hollywood transition to digital distribution only.[7]
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Chad Lilly
Congratulations, your image has been featured in Urbex Abandoned in the World! Please feel free to place the embedded image link in the current "Feature Image Archive" discussion so it remains visible to future visitors.
Mary Lynn Giacomini
Amazing work gorgeous scene and beautifully captured sky Harriet. Good artist notes! LF
William Dunigan
Nice story of that worn relic brought back to life; very beautiful sky in the background!