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Residents are trying to save a piece of Cherry Hill pop culture history from the 1950s and ‘60s

The Garden State Park racetrack put Cherry Hill on the map. Later it was torn down for a shopping center. All that's left is a gatehouse on Route 70.

Cherry Hill resident Dan Cirucci near the former Garden State Park gatehouse. The structure is the only building remaining from the thoroughbred racing facility that helped put Cherry Hill on the map.
Cherry Hill resident Dan Cirucci near the former Garden State Park gatehouse. The structure is the only building remaining from the thoroughbred racing facility that helped put Cherry Hill on the map.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer