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Monday
Oct012012

civilized # 2358-60 ~ look what I found

Mountain Drive-In ~ near Windham, NY - in the Catskill Park • click to embiggen1044757-20479114-thumbnail.jpg
Mountain Drive-In ticket booth ~ near Windham, NY - in the Catskill Park • click to embiggen
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Mountain Drive-In sign and screen ~ near Windham, NY - in the Catskill Park • click to embiggen
Late in the day, while driving on a secondary road in the Catskills, I came across this ruin/relic.

Reader Comments (5)

Oddly enough I too drove by this relic last week as I was in that area for work. Sadly, many of the old resorts and entertainment venues in the Catskills have fallen by the wayside.

October 1, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterSteve

I'm so glad you waited for that beautiful evening light to shoot these. Otherwise it would be just boring subject matter. (Please pardon the pun).

October 1, 2012 | Unregistered Commenterken bello

You'd better let Carl Weese know.

October 1, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterColin Griffiths

Are you familiar with Carl Weese? He has an ongoing project about driveins. I passed along a link to your blog to him. And here's his blog

http://landscapist.squarespace.com/journal/2012/10/1/civilized-2358-60-look-what-i-found.html

October 5, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterDennis

Geez, above post is obviously a total screwup. Here's what I meant:

http://workingpictures.blogspot.com/2012/10/seen-better-days.html

October 6, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterDennis

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