Sky View Auto Theatre
East Liverpool, Ohio1947-1978
Order Sky View Auto Theatre tees, long sleeve tees and hoodies. The Sky View opened in 1947 on Route 170 in East Liverpool, Ohio, with 10 parking ramps for 400 cars. Its billboard paired block letters with script and told drivers to turn left two and a half miles ahead. Browse the styles below, and the full Sky View history is further down. We are an American small business bringing back the signs and logos of places and teams that are long gone but remembered fondly.
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Sky View Auto Theatre History
The Sky View Auto Theatre in East Liverpool, Ohio, opened on September 11, 1947, with Thrill of Brazil. Lawrence Black opened it on Route 170, with 10 parking ramps for 400 cars and in-car speakers. The screen tower was advertised as standing 20 feet off the ground and measuring 30 by 40 feet.
One billboard shows how it pitched itself. Sky View in block letters shared the board with Auto Theatre in script, two slogans, a small panel promoting by-car speakers, and directions telling drivers to turn left two and a half miles ahead.
In May 1960 George and Thomas Anas of Weirton, West Virginia, bought it. They already ran the Super 30 Drive-In in East Liverpool and the Hilltop in Chester, West Virginia. The Sky View closed at the end of the 1978 season. The Skyview Cinema I and II opened on the property on March 21, 1980, and a shopping plaza carries the name.