Tampa Theatre Aerial
The Tampa Theatre, built in 1926 as one of America’s most elaborate movie palaces, the Tampa Theatre today is a passionately protected and beloved community landmark. Designed by famed theater architect John Eberson, it is a superior example of his “atmospheric” style of design. Upon entering under the Theatre’s “blade sign” marquee, audiences are transported to a lavish, romantic Mediterranean courtyard, replete with old-world statuary, flowers and gargoyles. Over it all is a realistic night sky filled with twinkling stars.
Like other lavish downtown movie palaces around the country, Tampa Theatre was enormously popular when it opened. For the first time in history, the common person had access to opulence on a scale never before imagined. For 25 cents they could escape into a fantasyland for two hours, enjoy first-class entertainment and be treated like royalty by uniformed platoons of ushers and attendants. By the end of the 1920s, more than 90 million Americans were going to the movies every week.
For several decades, Tampa Theatre remained a jewel at the center of Tampa’s cultural landscape. Generations of people stole their first kisses in the balcony, followed the world through the newsreels and grew up coming to the Theatre week after week.
But by the 1960s, times had changed. America’s flight to the suburbs was having a damaging effect on downtown businesses, and among the hardest hit were the movie palaces that lit up America’s main streets, especially with the advent of television. Audiences dwindled and costs rose. Many of our nation’s finest movie palaces were demolished as the land beneath them became more valuable than the theater’s operations.
In 1973, Tampa Theatre faced the same fate. But Tampa’s citizens rallied. Committees were formed, community leaders got involved, and soon a deal was reached to have the City rescue the Theatre. By the time the Theatre reopened to the public in January 1977, it had become something of a national model on how to save an endangered theater.
Today, the Theatre is managed by the not-for-profit Tampa Theatre Foundation and is a remarkable success story. As one of the most heavily utilized venues of its kind in the United States, Tampa Theatre’s single auditorium hosts more than 600 events each year, including a full schedule of first-run and classic films, concerts, special events, corporate events, tours and educational programs.
Since being rescued in 1977, Tampa Theater has welcomed more than 5 million visitors to downtown Tampa — including 1 million school children for field trips and summer camps — all within the context of one of Tampa’s largest historic preservation projects.
Community support and contributions are critical to the Theatre’s continued vitality. In spite of its successes, the Theatre only earns about 60% of its annual operating budget through ticket and concession income. Contributions to the Tampa Theatre Foundation from individuals, companies and foundations help make up difference and keep the Theatre accessible and affordable for everyone.
Tampa Theatre was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, is a Tampa City Landmark, and is a proud member of the League of Historic American Theatres and the Art House Convergence.
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Aerial Look at a Drive-In Theater in Pennsylvania
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On location in Butler, PA, for a project, we were asked to also film at The Pioneer Drive-In!!! 1950's fun and food! Double features and classic drive-in cuisine.
A drive-in theater is a form of cinema structure consisting of a large outdoor movie screen, a projection booth, a concession stand and a large parking area for automobiles. Within this enclosed area, customers can view movies from the privacy and comfort of their cars. Some drive-ins have small playgrounds for children and a few picnic tables or benches.
The drive-in theater was patented by Camden, New Jersey, chemical company magnate Richard M. Hollingshead, Jr.,whose family owned and operated the R.M. Hollingshead Corporation chemical plant in Camden. In 1932, Hollingshead conducted outdoor theater tests in his driveway at 212 Thomas Avenue in Riverton. After nailing a screen to trees in his backyard, he set a 1928 Kodak projector on the hood of his car and put a radio behind the screen, testing different sound levels with his car windows down and up. Blocks under vehicles in the driveway enabled him to determine the size and spacing of ramps so all automobiles could have a clear view of the screen.
The drive-in's peak popularity came in the late 1950s and early 1960s, particularly in rural areas, with some 4,000 drive-ins spread across the United States.[12] Among its advantages was the fact that a family with a baby could take care of their child while watching a movie, while teenagers with access to autos found drive-ins ideal for dates. Revenue is more limited than regular theaters since showings can only begin at twilight. There were abortive attempts to create suitable conditions for daylight viewing such as large tent structures, but nothing viable was developed.
The shift in content of drive-ins was less of a problem than competition from home entertainment, from color television to VCRs and video rentals. This, along with the 1970s oil crisis led to a sharp decline of attendance as well to the widespread adoption of daylight saving time (which made the shows start an hour later), making it harder for drive-ins to operate successfully. Also, the 1980s real estate interest rate hikes made the large property areas increasingly expensive, and thus far too valuable for businesses such as drive-ins, which in many cases were summer-only. Drive-ins were also subject to the whim of nature as inclement weather often caused poor attendance or cancellations. Less than two hundred drive-ins were in operation in the U.S. and Canada by the late 1980s. Since the 1990s they have lapsed into a quasi-novelty status with the remaining handful catering to a generally nostalgic audience, with many drive-ins continuing to successfully operate in some areas, mostly on the West Coast. Newer theaters opened during this time, as well as a handful of them reopened. By 2013, drive-ins comprised only 1.5 percent of movie screens in the United States, with 389 theaters in operation. At the industry's height, about 25 percent of the nation's movie screens had been in a drive-in.
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Pioneer Drive-In
1985 North Main Street Ext.,
Butler, PA 16003
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Old Tampa Hwy
Driving through Old Tampa Hwy in FL. This road is very very old. Built in the 1930's Pretty creepy looking now.
Solano Drive-In Movie Theater Concord California Helmet Cam ContourHD 1080p
Similar in design to many of Century's former drive-ins (most notably the late Geneva 4 of Daly City and the Union City 6), the Solano is a seasonal two-screener, open for films from May through September.
Solano 2 Drive-In
Concord, CA
1611 Solano Way, Concord, CA 94520 United States
925.825.1951
Century announced it would not be re-opening the Solano for the 2005 season. The Solano was reopened for the 2007 season by West Wind Drive-Ins in May of 2007 with a double feature of Spiderman 3 and Ghost Rider.
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Mod Betty Visits Shankweiler's Drive In, Orefield PA! Retro Roadmap Episode 1
In this very first episode of Retro Roadmap Mod Betty travels north of Philadelphia to visit the oldest continually operating drive-in movie theatre in the country - Shankweiler's in Orefield, PA.
HAUNTED RIVER WATER TOWER, TAMPA FL, GHOST TRAPPED IN TOWER
Legends of pirates and water monsters surround this location but most interesting was that when the stock market crashed in 1929 several people took elevator to the top of the tower and jumped off killing themselves. There Ave been several accounts of a ghostly figure walking at the top of the tower. The tower is completely closed off join us as we explore the grounds of the historic sulphuric springs water tower now known as the river tower park in Tampa Florida.
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Graves Drive-In Theatre, Perry, Florida
What remains of the Graves Drive-In Theatre, Perry, Florida. 1997. The Drive-In restaurant is operated by Edwina and David Pate, daughter and son-in-law of the theater owners.
From the Valdosta Daily Times Obituaries, March 18, 2005:
Mrs. Louise Joiner Graves, 90, of Perry, Fla., died March 16, 2005, at Doctors Memorial Hospital in Perry after a short illness.
She was born on Aug. 8, 1914... she was the owner of Graves Drive-In Theater and was a member of First Baptist Church of Perry, Fla. She was preceded in death of her husband of 59 years, Leroy Graves.
Driving on Water Ave in Tampa - Florida
Driving on Water Ave in Tampa - Florida
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Commerce Twp Drive in Movie Theater Sign
2014 GMC Pick Up in front of the Commerce Twp Drive-In Movie Theater sign. More information regarding the sign at
Lakeland, Florida - City on the Move
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Learn more about the downtown development of Lakeland Downtown Development Authority Center at (2:52) at 117 N. Kentucky Ave Lakeland, FL
RECREATION
We feature Lake Mirror at (4:07). For information on Lake Mirror & Hollis Garden and Barnett Family Park (701 E. Lemon Street Lakeland see
Common Grounds Playground at (3:51) 1000 E. Edgewood Drive, Lakeland, FL 33803
Lakeside Villiage (Open-Air Mall) at (8:22) 1479 Town Center Dr, Lakeland, FL 33803
Silver Moon Drive-In at (6:35) 4100 New Tampa Hwy, Lakeland, FL 33815
Fantasy of Flight at (7:22) 1400 Broadway Blvd SE, Polk City, FL 33868
Polk Discovery Center (9:18) 4399 Winter Lake Rd, Lakeland, FL 33803
Explorations Children Museum at (1:29) 109 N Kentucky Ave, Lakeland, FL 33801
Cleveland Heights Golf Course at (4:03) 2900 Buckingham Ave, Lakeland, FL 33803
The Polk Theatre 121 Florida Ave S. Lakeland at (3:02)
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SouthEastern Christian University at (6:15) 1000 Longfellow Blvd, Lakeland, FL 33801
Florida Southern College (3:07) 111 Lake Hollingsworth Dr Lakeland, FL
Florida Polytechnic University 4700 Research Way, Lakeland, FL 33805 (Science & Art) at (9:00)
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Harrys Seafood Bar & Grille at (2:49) 101 N. Kentucky Ave Lakeland, FL Terrace Hotel 329 E. Main St Lakeland at (2:57)
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Lake Mirror Tower Apartments at (2:59) 130 S Massachusetts Ave, Lakeland
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Amazon Fullfilment Centers & Air Hub (at 9:43)
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Driving from Town & Country to New Tampa in Florida
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A Drive-In to Silver Moon
Hey guys would you like to go see Dark Shadows for $2 bucks?
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Why you haven't been to Silver Moon Drive-in, the finest Drive-In the state of Florida.
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Big Top Flea Market (Day 88) - 8/31/13
Today Alex and I Head to the Big Top Flea Market to see if we can find anything good.
Evergreen Drive-In Theater - Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania No. 1
This video begins on State Hwy 819 in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania going east on my way to the Evergreen Drive-In. There are already signs along the side of the road directing you to the theater. I turn on to Mt. Pleasant Rd. and head south. I then turn on to Buckeye Rd. and head east to the drive-in. The theater box office hasn't opened yet, so I park my car at the end of the long line that has formed along the shoulder of Buckeye Rd. The video was taken on July 19th, 2009.
The Ocala Florida Drive-In Theatre
The Ocala Florida Drive-In Move Theatre. The first night with the new Digital Protector. Only a short drive from the Orlando attractions.
KP Tower in Tampa
Hehe. Little bit of moss here and there. ;) Cool, what I guess, is a park with an old light tower on the Hillsborough River right off of 275 north of i4. Got a little sketchy a couple times thinking I was going to CodeRed the thing and get stuck up there. ;)
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Ocala Drive-In Theatre, Ocala, Florida, 1996
At the Ocala Drive-In Theatre, Alex Ojeda talks with owner Lou Williams.
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Twin Drive-in Independence MO
The Twin was one of the last new drive-ins built in the Kansas City Area. It was part of a chain of drive-ins built in the late 60's and early 70's. That include the North Twin, South Twin and the State, But each of these drive-ins featured the same distinct marquee and were considered very modern for their time. There used to be a playground next to the snack bar, But it was removed in 2002