Much of the bricks and mortar where memories were made for Arlington Park employees and patrons now is gone. The final support beams were taken down Tuesday afternoon two years and one day after the last horse race at the storied local oval.
Almost 34 years to the date when the new Arlington Park grandstand rose from the ashes and welcomed back horse racing fans after a devastating fire, the stately building that towers over the shuttered racing oval finally is meeting the wrecking ball.
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