What the hell happened to the Drive-In Movie Theater?

I'm lucky, I guess. While most of the younger generation is  fighting Angry Birds on their Smart phone, I reminisce for the days when you waited all week to hang with your friends, or that special person, at the Drive in Movie theater.  By the way, I've never once encountered a live angry bird in real life......  On the other hand ---

For me, I have great memories of the Drive-in - I used to buy beer and then spend the next four hours watching a double feature horor flick at either the Burlingame or Redwood drive-in here on the Peninsula.  Both are gone now, and I've had cause to remember, because in both of these specific theaters, they were torn down very long ago, but the public and the politicians are still fighting over the land they once occupied.  Still vacant land.  Remember the intermission advertisements?  I loved the eerie "Keep Building!" ad for the Winchester Mystery house at the Burlingame

 The photo above is the Bair Island Road, Marina Shores area in 1961 before there was anything there....  EXCEPT for the drive in movie theater!  In the late 60s, there were over 200 Drive-ins in California.  Today less than 20.  I guess we need more vacant land and empty office buildings!

Besides Burlingame and the Redwood, there was..... The Geneva in Daly City, The Capitol in San Jose, The Union City Drive-in, The Solono in Concord, & The Oakland Coliseum Drive-in. Were there others?

We could use a few more Drive-In's.  I don't know of a single Drive-in still operating in the Bay Area.  But let's think about it..... How many 30 year marrieges and friendships have been lost because of that?

If you have Pictures or memories of Bay Drive-Ins, please comment or email me at BayBoomerBlog@gmail.com.