History
The Spur Property originally set aside for the Junipero Serra Boulevard expansion project. Local opposition to this plan was intense, since the new freeway would have split Millbrae in half. Accordingly, the project was shelved and the Spur Property remained open land. In 1975, most of the Spur Property was rezoned as open space, closing the land to developers. However, some parts of the property, such as the plot located on the southwest corner of the El Camino Real and Millbrae Avenue intersection, was developed into the Hong Kong Flower Lounge in the 1980s. The rest of the land remained a park, but in early-2004, as Millbrae was bedecked by budget shortfalls, the city proposed to sell parkland in order to resolve its financial issues. Like the highway plan, there was fierce opposition to this action.
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