If you haven’t been following this annual project in years past… The way it works is: I start with the smallest sections first and progress to the bigger ones. At this point, I’ve gone through 11 small sections and have 16 to go. It will probably take at least a couple of months more of daily plodding.

From the Bus Stations section – the Greyhound bus station in Oakland, CA closed around 2021 — from better days:

and now:

This Greyhound station from 1960 in Fort Lauderdale, FL was demolished earlier this year. It will be replaced with two 500 foot tall apartment towers:

This midcentury Greyhound station in Louisville, KY looks like it will be demolished soon. It closed in August and the signs were removed:

The former Tri-State Coach bus station in Big Stone Gap, VA has been painted black (previously white, later light green) is now housing a cannabis store:

Moving on to the Beverage Buildings section. The Coca-Cola bottling plant in Bogalusa, LA has been restored as The Coke Plant event venue. It was looking pretty rough in 2019:

and now all cleaned up inside & out:

The Pespi-Cola bottling plant in Portland, OR from 1962…:

was sold in 2017 and is destined to become “Pop Blocks” with housing, retail, and office space. The kept the domed structure but it’s a travesty that the barrel canopy building is gone:

Nothing but bad news for the Drive-in Theatres section. The Hill-Top Drive-in in Joliet, IL was badly damaged in 2021. By 2022, the screentower was demolished. The ticket booth remains:

The Paoli Drive-in in Paoli, IN had been closed since at least 2001. The screentower deteriorated over the years and now is officially a pile of rubble on the ground:

The Skyvue Twin Drive-in in Winchester, KY closed around 2015. Earlier this year, winds took out at least one of the screentowers and damaged the sign:

The Melody Drive-in in Springfield, OH closed in 2016. The screentower was demolished earlier this year. The sign was supposedly saved and put in storage but there are no plans for it. The apartment complex being built on the site will be known as the “Melody Parks”:

This sign from the site of the former 104th St. Drive-in in Portland, OR was removed earlier this year. I don’t know if a collector got it or if it was demolished. The drive-in closed in 1989:

The Reynolds Drive-in in Transfer, PA closed in 2014. But miracles happen once in a while. Although this screentower is gone…:

… a brand new screen and sign have been installed. It looks like the old ticket booth is still there. :

The next post will include news from the SCA Journal companion pages. So, there will be signs coming up (but hopefully not too many tragedies).

Happy trails,
dj & the dogs

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