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Retiree Dan Cirucci remembers when a racetrack here was at the center of "a glittering, exciting era” for entertainment in South Jersey.

“People got dressed up to go to the (Garden State Park) track,” he recalls of the decades after World War II.

Back then, a night out might also include a show at the Latin Casino, a meal at restaurants like the Hawaiian Cottage or Cinelli’s, and possibly a stay at the Rickshaw Inn or Cherry Hill Inn — all just a short distance from the track.

“When a million dollars meant something, that strip along Route 70 used to be called . . . Click here to read the rest of Jim Walsh's fine story from today's Courier Post.