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Clubhouse and Ingleside Racetrack, 1912 <> 2006 | |
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In the picture above, the clubhouse seems to be immediately adjacent to the house on Urbano Drive. (The house in the back right is on the north side of Cerritos.) However, as the picture below, taken from the east, demonstrates, the clubhouse is behind the house on Urbano. |
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These views from the east cannot be duplicated now, as there are many trees and houses in the way. The fence is part of the tennis court. The building under construction is on Cerritos Ave. |
 
The view looking south on Moncada Way has Merced Ridge in the background. The view looking north across the former racetrack shows Mt. Davidson. |
 
View looking north from the Sundial. The Clubhouse at night. |
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| Length of Ingleside Racetrack and Urbano Drive |
Urbano Drive lies on the path of the old Ingleside Racetrack. Many people have noticed that the length of Urbano Drive, according to an automobile or bicycle odometer, is less than one mile. GPS and Google maps measurements confirmed that the length of the center of Urbano Drive is 0.92 miles (inner sidewalk 0.90 miles, outer sidewalk 0.94 miles). According to an article in the San Francisco Chronicle on January 1, 1899 (available at the SFPL), there were two tracks, with the outer being a mile long. With a one mile outer track, inner tracks are usually seven furlongs, 7/8 of a mile. Urbano Drive lies over the center of the inner track, and the houses along the outside of Urbano Drive lie on the path of the outer track. |
The circa 1912 photos are from the San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library website.
