Skyview Drive-In
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The Skyview Drive-In Theatre was a 600-car outdoor drive-in cinema located on the Decatur Highway (U.S. Highway 31) in Gardendale.
The cinema was the fifth drive-in to be developed and operated by the Waters Theatre Company in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area. It was constructed at a cost of $150,000, part of which was expended in blasting away 20,000 cubic yards of rock from the 8-acre site.
The steel paneled screen was 40 feet tall and 80 feet wide, designed by engineer James Goetz and fabricated by Truscon Steel, a division of Republic Steel. The projection booth and caretaker's apartment were built above an air-conditioned restroom and concession stand.
References
- Badger, Eddie (n.d.) "The Moved a Mountain to Build a Drive-In".