LONGVIEW, TEXAS - The River Road Drive-In Theatre , once a popular three-screen venue located on Edwin Street in the southern part of Longview, Texas , now exists only in memory. It was demolished in 1989 by Oak Hill Construction Company , the same firm responsible for taking down two other Longview landmarks, the old Longview High School and the Downtowner Hotel . I was twelve years old when I captured these photographs with my 110mm film camera . Though the drive-in had already fallen silent, its empty lots, crumbling screens, and overgrown parking lanes still echoed with the memories of summer nights, car radios, and families gathered beneath the stars. Drive-in theaters like River Road were once a quintessential part of East Texas life, particularly from the 1950s through the 1970s . They offered a unique social space where communities could gather, children could play while parents watched movies, and teenagers could experience a sense of independence under the night sky....