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Rose City Drive-in
Status: Demolished
Location: 5400 Rte 31, Newark, NY 14513
Screens: 1
Capacity: 700 cars
Original owner: Built by Jack Peterham.
Opening date: July 19, 1956
Final season: 1981
What's there now: Abandoned field, overgrown, screen tower still standing, all other buildings have been demolished.

This page was last updated on January 23, 2010.

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Topo Map from 1995, courtesy of TerraServer USA. Aerial image from 1963, courtesy of the Wayne County Soil and Water Conservation District. Aerial image from 2006, courtesy of Google Earth. Aerial close-up image from 2006, courtesy of Google Earth.
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Grand opening tonight article from the Newark Gazette on July 19, 1956. Grand opening tonight ad from the Newark Gazette on July 19, 1956. Ad from the Newark Gazette on August 9, 1956. First anniversary ad from the Palmyra Courier-Journal on July 18, 1957.
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Rose City Drive-in screen from 1999, courtesy of Jack Cindrich.      

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:-o I was just up there today with a friend of mine. We like history and well Everything is still looking good on the hill...I wish I had the money to start it up again. there is nothing at all wrogn withthe screen abd the path just needs to be mowed a little...
#1 - Kristy Snyder - 07/19/2009 - 16:08
:oops:Sad news folks, Looks like the screen tower was torn down. I was talking to some folks who hoped to reopen the old Rose City Drive-in. Looks like this one is gone foe good. Many good memories there as a teen- especially Corvette Summer.
#2 - John Allard - 09/05/2010 - 13:04
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