{"id":747,"date":"2011-03-29T10:38:06","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T10:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/?p=747"},"modified":"2011-03-29T10:40:14","modified_gmt":"2011-03-29T10:40:14","slug":"remembering-an-eras-passing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/2011\/03\/29\/remembering-an-eras-passing\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering An Era&#8217;s Passing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>On this week, back in 1997, Orange County bid farewell to it&#8217;s final\u00a0formal drive-in, with the closure of Westminister&#8217;s Hi-Way 39.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Hi-Way-39-Drive-In.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-748\" style=\"border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Hi-Way 39 Drive In\" src=\"http:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Hi-Way-39-Drive-In-300x165.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Hi-Way-39-Drive-In-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Hi-Way-39-Drive-In-150x82.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Hi-Way-39-Drive-In.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Epitomizing drive-in culture, with\u00a0near year round fair\u00a0weather and\u00a0an auto based social dynamic,\u00a0the county\u00a0was once home to\u00a0twelve highly popular outdoor cinemas. Sadly, mirroring the genre&#8217;s decline elsewhere, all of Orange County&#8217;s ozoners eventually succumbed to the convenience of multiplexes and lucrative land deals; the &#8220;last stand&#8221; ending on March 31, 1997.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Below, is a listing of the\u00a0long gone county drive-ins\u00a0that\u00a0helped to create countless memories of warm summer nights, family outings, and backseat adventure,\u00a0for nearly\u00a0fifty six years.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/occinema.com\/2007\/08\/30\/orange-drive-in\/#more-151\" target=\"_blank\">Orange: June 18, 1941 to September 11, 1994<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/occinema.com\/2007\/08\/30\/cina-car-drive-in\/\" target=\"_blank\">Buena Park,Cina-Car: May 16, 1949 to July 5, 1993<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/occinema.com\/2007\/08\/30\/paulo-drive-in\/\" target=\"_blank\">Costa Mesa, Paulo: July 1, 1949 to February 2, 1976<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/occinema.com\/2007\/08\/31\/hi-way-39-drive-in\/\" target=\"_blank\">Westminster, Hi-Way 39: June 29, 1955 to March 31, 1997<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/occinema.com\/2007\/08\/29\/anaheim-drive-in\/\" target=\"_blank\">Anaheim: August 3, 1955 to March 25, 1990<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/occinema.com\/2007\/08\/31\/harbor-drive-in\/\" target=\"_blank\">Santa Ana, Harbor: June 29,1960 to December 24,1986<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/occinema.com\/2007\/08\/30\/warner-drive\/\" target=\"_blank\">Huntington Beach, Warner: June 29, 1961 to October 7, 1984<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/occinema.com\/2007\/08\/30\/la-habra-drive-in\/\" target=\"_blank\">La Habra: July 3, 1967 to September 10, 1989<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/occinema.com\/2007\/08\/30\/mission-drive-in\/\" target=\"_blank\">San Juan Capistrano, Mission: November 1966 to September 9, 1985<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/occinema.com\/2007\/08\/30\/fountain-valley-drive-in\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fountain Valley: July 12, 1967 to October 7, 1984<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/occinema.com\/2007\/08\/30\/buena-park-drive-in\/\" target=\"_blank\">Buena Park: April 24, 1970 to July 5, 1993<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/occinema.com\/2007\/08\/30\/stadium-drive-in\/\" target=\"_blank\">Orange, Stadium Drive-In: May 27, 1970 to September 12, 1996<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this week, back in 1997, Orange County bid farewell to it&#8217;s final\u00a0formal drive-in, with the closure of Westminister&#8217;s Hi-Way 39. . \u00a0 Epitomizing drive-in culture, with\u00a0near year round fair\u00a0weather and\u00a0an auto based social dynamic,\u00a0the county\u00a0was once home to\u00a0twelve highly popular outdoor cinemas. Sadly, mirroring the genre&#8217;s decline elsewhere, all of Orange County&#8217;s ozoners eventually [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-theatre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=747"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":751,"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747\/revisions\/751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}