San Mateo’s Bay Meadows development project started out of the gate slow, and it certainly hasn’t picked up much speed.
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By this time next year, housing could begin to rise where horses once ran in San Mateo.Three years after the demolition of the Bay Meadows racetrack, the beginnings of a street grid are visible on the 83-acre site south of the county fairgrounds, and water and drainage lines are in place. Construction on the first housing is expected to begin next year, and plans for improvements to the largest park in the development will be up for approval in the next few months.
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Jon Rubin directed and produced “The Last Train from Bay Meadows,” which portrays the history of the longest continually operated thoroughbred racetrack in California. The San Mateo facility closed in 2008. The San Mateo County Historical Association and KM2 Communications will present a premiere Thursday.
Why was the documentary made? The track was closing down after nearly 75 years of operation, and after many efforts to keep it open failed.
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As Bay Meadows was facing the end of its 75-year run in 2008, Jon Rubin felt a call to action.
“We’ve got to get some film before this goes down,” Rubin recalled telling San Mateo County Historical Association officials.
Documenting the final months of the longest continually operated thoroughbred race track in California, the filmmaker parsed 100 hours of footage into his one-hour documentary “The Last Train from Bay Meadows.”
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A development boom along South Delaware Street in San Mateo has hit a big speed bump: the economy.
Despite approvals from City Hall for several major housing and office projects along a half-mile stretch of Delaware Street, the troubled real estate market means it will probably be years before several ambitious plans become reality.
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The development at the former Bay Meadows racetrack could take a turn toward the home stretch as early as next summer.
The plan to build at the former horse racetrack comes after developers announced in May they would indefinitely postpone building until the housing market firmed up.
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A community facilities district to help pay for portions of the Bay Meadows development in San Mateo is set to be created in the spring. City officials say they are waiting for developers to give them word to prepare bond documents.
The facilities district will affect future homeowners at the Bay Meadows site, said Hossein Golestan, director of finance for San Mateo.
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A lawsuit filed by a group trying to save the Bay Meadows Race Track in San Mateo will move forward after a motion for the suit to be dismissed was denied by a San Mateo County Superior Court judge on Monday.
The suit, filed by Friends of Bay Meadows, a group long opposed to the closure and demolition of the racetrack, seeks additional environmental and historical review of the redevelopment planned for the Bay Meadows site.
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Memorabilia including signs, seats and photos from the recently closed Bay Meadows Race Track in San Mateo will be auctioned off this weekend.
The event will begin with open viewing of the items on Friday followed by live bidding over the next three days, organizers said. The auction comes less than a week after the last races were held Sunday at the track.
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And now comes the time for a fond and melancholy farewell to the Bay Meadows Race Course. The San Mateo racetrack galloped away into history Sunday, leaving only memories for those many who cared deeply about the 74-year-old venue.
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