Brian Moore
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The Drive In Church is located on the grounds of the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California.
The long low building in the foreground is the Drive In Church. The tall building with the cross on the top is called the Tower of Hope. Both were designed by Richard Neutra. (I had some E-mail communication a while back with Richard Nuetra's son, Dion, who told me about getting that cross mounted. They had to rent the tallest crane in the state.) The Tower of Hope was completed in 1968.
Not sure about the date of the Drive In Church, but it was before the Tower of Hope. It's no longer used as a drive in church, but the parking lot still has the nose-up undulations created for better viewing from your car. There were once posts embedded in the parking lot and these held speakers.
Has anyone ever been to a drive in movie?
The glass building to the right is the actual Crystal Cathedral, which was build in the 70s. (Not by Neutra.) The church outfit that ran the Drive In Church/Crystal Cathedral (Ministry of Dr. Robert Fuller I think), went bankrupt a while back and the facility was purchased by the Catholic Diocese of Orange County.
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The long low building in the foreground is the Drive In Church. The tall building with the cross on the top is called the Tower of Hope. Both were designed by Richard Neutra. (I had some E-mail communication a while back with Richard Nuetra's son, Dion, who told me about getting that cross mounted. They had to rent the tallest crane in the state.) The Tower of Hope was completed in 1968.
Not sure about the date of the Drive In Church, but it was before the Tower of Hope. It's no longer used as a drive in church, but the parking lot still has the nose-up undulations created for better viewing from your car. There were once posts embedded in the parking lot and these held speakers.
Has anyone ever been to a drive in movie?
The glass building to the right is the actual Crystal Cathedral, which was build in the 70s. (Not by Neutra.) The church outfit that ran the Drive In Church/Crystal Cathedral (Ministry of Dr. Robert Fuller I think), went bankrupt a while back and the facility was purchased by the Catholic Diocese of Orange County.
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