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Contributed photoThis picture of the Aquaro family farmhouse and the Super Castle drive-in screen that was on their property was taken not long before the home and the facility were razed to allow construction of what is now Interstate 376. Today, Walmart and the Union Square Plaza occupy the site. The Aquaro house was located where First Commonwealth Bank now sits.Post-World War II generation kept Super Castle thriving for nearly 25 yearsBy David AquaroSpecial to The News27, 1947, Outdoor Theatre, Inc.withWith the surrender of Japan on Sept. 2, 1945, World War II had offi-ffally TThis meant that (as Tom Brokaw so eloquently coined the term) the members of “America’s Greatest Generation” would soon be returning home.Although the first drive-in movie theater opened in Pennsauken, N.J., on June 6, 1933, drive-in movie theaters did not really begin to take off in this area of the country until after the soldiers began returning home from the war in large numbers.Upon their return, they ushered in the Baby Boomer generation. Their interests centered on getting married, starting a family and buying an automobile.With this as a backdrop, on Aprilentered into a five-year lease — the option of automatic extension for an additional nine, five-year terms — covering 20.072 acres owned jointly by my father, Joe Aquaro; my mother, Ada Irene Aquaro; my father’s brother-in-law, Rocco leraci; and his wife, my father’s sister, Lucy Aquaro leraci.This parcel was a large fruit tree orchard and was an integral part of approximately 96‘/a acres they owned, bounded on the north by Route 224, on the east by what is now Interstate 376, on the south by what is now Angela Lane, and on the West by Winter Road from Angela Lane north to the storefront to the left of Keystone Rehab Systems Physical Therapy. There, the property cut in on an angle to approximately where Ruby Tuesday’s now meets Route 224.Construction began immediately,rMovieMEMORIESTake a look back at some of New Castle’s now-defunct theatersand on Oct. 24, 1947, the grand opening of the Super Castle (drive-in) Theatre was held. As you can see from the grand opening advertisement, it referred to “Route 422.”This was a misprint. It should haveCASTLE, PAGE D3
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New Castle, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Jul 05, 2013
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