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Mohawk Drive-in
Status: Demolished
Location: 1814 Central Ave., Rte 5, Colonie, NY 12205
Screens: 1
Capacity: 1,000 cars
Original owner: Built by Simon Fabian and Neil Hellman.
Opening date: June 1, 1946
Final season: 1986
What's there now: Kohl's Plaza Shopping Center, tenants include McDonald's, Office max, Kohl's, O'Tooles, Ming's Wok, Starbuck's, and Hobbytown USA.

This page was last updated on November 14, 2023.

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Topo Map from 1995, courtesy of TerraServer USA. Aerial image from 2006, courtesy of Google Earth. Aerial close-up image from 2006, courtesy of Google Earth. Aerial image from 1952, courtesy USGS.
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Opening tomorrow ad from the Albany Times-Union on May 31, 1946. Grand opening artical from the Albany Times-Union on June 1, 1946. Grand opening ad from the Schenectady Gazette on June 1, 1946. Day after grand opening artical from the Albany Times-Union on June 2, 1946.
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Day after grand-opening ad from the Albany Times-Union on June 2, 1946. Mohawk Drive-in picture from 1950.
Mohawk Drive-in entrance in 1986, it's final season. Showing on the marquee is a double feature of Poltergeist II: The Other Side with Invaders From Mars.
Screen tower image from 1987.
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Album cover for the Albany band Blotto for their 1981 single "When the Second Feature Starts."    

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