If you have memories of a place that stretch over a lifetime — from when you were a kid there to when you brought your kids and then their kids — its hard to go back and see it empty and unloved, the flowers unwatered and dead, dust coating the floors and the benches. It all happened so quickly at Hollywood Park, where thoroughbreds last thundered down the track just a month ago. Now, with that days racing slips still scattered about the stands, everything that can be removed is being sold off: the ticket booths, the Jumbotron, the jockeys impossibly small, narrow bunk beds. Click through to read the rest of Los Angeles Times City Beats last look at the 75-year-old racetrack:
Posted on: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 06:10:00 +0000
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