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1965 - the Dixie Drive-In Theatre at 14601 S. Dixie Highway (US 1), Miami

14601 S. Dixie Highway (US 1), Dade County, Florida


This aerial view is looking due south. These images should be popular with the kids from the SW section of Dade County. They make one wonder how many youngsters fell in love, not to mention lust, at this fine establishment and ended up getting married?


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Dave 30-Jan-2021 14:31
The batting cages were most definitely where the ford dealership is.
Dave 30-Jan-2021 14:29
The Paint Test site was west of US1 and 120th St.
Boone 14-Mar-2018 21:17
I remember the tropical fish place just north of the drive-in. Seems to me when I was little, there was a place along there that tested either paint or tile for weather exposure. Would have been in the '50s.
archigator 09-Oct-2011 14:01
Bat-A-Ball was located just south of Flynn's Dixie Ribs... where the Ford dealership is now, just south of Coral Reef Drive. They had three pitching machines; two were named Pokey and Speedy. I don't remember the 'middle' one. There was a rectagular tin foil target in a frame on a metal pole that you tried to hit to win another free at-bat. When I was a kid, my Khorey League teams (Perrine Moose Lodge, Tied Tomato Growers, and South Miami Federal) used to practice batting there. (My preferred machine... "Pokey.")
mjones27-Feb-2011 17:17
Are you sure about that location ?I remember the bat a ball being further south closer to Colonial Dr. roughly where Brands Mart is today.
Anyone remember the A&W on the NE corner of 144th and the Dixie?
Guest 20-Feb-2011 14:55
I remember the bat-a-ball. Eleven pitches for a dime, or was it a quarter?, and if you wore your Khoury League baseball cap you got a free round. There were 3 speeds, pokey, breezy and speedy. The house I now live in is in this photo.
Guest 24-Jun-2010 00:16
Eastern Gardens was very well known in late 50s early 60s, Always wondered what happened to them. There was an aquarium inside the main building/showroom and lots of different tropicals for sale. It also supplied the koi for some of the Miami hotel show pools. There was a house that faced the side street and was part of the property. We lived there for a short time.
tom freeman 04-Feb-2010 17:23
the land just to the north and between the drive inn and the tanks was a place called batt a ball
Guest 13-Aug-2009 03:41
Look at all that open land! Thanks Arch for the comment about the Aquarium. I remember as a kid going somewhere with open fish ponds near the drive-in and now I know what it was. Looks like the Aquarium was right at the corner of US1 and SW 144th St.
Archigator 04-Dec-2008 22:40
That's the Eastern Garden Aquarium at the bottom of the picture with the large outdoor tanks. They sold tropical fish for home aqauriums.
RCM 17-Jan-2008 19:16
These old pictures are great, I never knew this existed, grew up down the street late 70's early 80's.