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| Northway Drive-in |
| Status: Demolished |
| Location: 1 Transborder Dr., Champlain, NY 12919 |
| Screens: 1 |
| Capacity: 860 cars |
| Original owner: Built by Elmer Johnson; operated later by John and Eugene Zurlo. |
| Opening date: April 1, 1961 |
| Final season: 1985 |
| What's there now: UPS Distribution Center |
This page was last updated on January 10, 2010.
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| Topo Map from 1982, courtesy of TerraServer USA. | Aerial image from 1962, courtesy of the Clinton County Soil and Water Conservation District. | Aerial image from 1994, courtesy of TerraServer USA. | Aerial image from 2006, courtesy of Google Earth. |
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| Aerial close-up image from 2006, courtesy of Google Earth. | Grand opening tonight ad from the Plattsburgh Press-Republican on April 1, 1961. | Now open article from the Plattsburgh Press-Republican on April 3, 1961. | UPS Distribution Center built on the site of the former Northway Drive-in, image from 2007, courtesy of Rick Cohen. |
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| UPS Distribution Center built on the site of the former Northway Drive-in, image from 2007, courtesy of Rick Cohen. |
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In the early 1970's, this drive-in and those nearby placed ads in La Presse and the Star. I provided an link for an French-language ad.
http://sdrv.ms/1dQwCpb
The reason that Plattsburgh, Champlain had so many drive-in is that Drive-In was not allowed in Quebec until 1970, when three opened in Montreal's South Shore (CP Chateauguay, CP St. Mathieu and CP Boucherville).