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The Shops at Tanforan is a regional shopping mall in San Bruno, California, United States. It is located on the San Francisco Peninsula , 10 miles (16 km) south of San Francisco city limits. The site was originally used as a horse racing track from 1899 until 1964, when the grandstand was destroyed by fire.
Tanforan may refer to one of these locations near San Bruno, California: Tanforan Assembly Center , a transfer center for interned Japanese Americans during World War II The Shops at Tanforan , a shopping mall built upon the site of the Tanforan Assembly Center
Tanforan Park was acquired by the Wartime Civil Control Administration in April 1942 [103] and from April to October 1942, used as the Tanforan Assembly Center, where 7,800 Japanese-Americans from the San Francisco Bay Area were held after the signing of Executive Order 9066. For comparison, the population of San Bruno was 6,519 in 1940. [104]
San Bruno (from Spanish 'St. Bruno') is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States, incorporated in 1914. The population was 43,908 at the 2020 United States Census . The city is between South San Francisco and Millbrae , adjacent to San Francisco International Airport and Golden Gate National Cemetery ; it is approximately 12 miles ...
[3]: 22–23 The City of San Bruno requested the new station be named Tanforan Park after the racetrack and later mall that occupied the site, but BART officials, sensitive to the past history of Tanforan as an Assembly Center for Japanese-American citizens during World War II and the recent lawsuit, declined the request in 2002.
The installation at the San Bruno station was made permanent in 2016 as the Tanforan Assembly Center Memorial, [26] with plans to add a plaza outside the station. [27] When complete, the memorial plaza will include a bronze statue depicting Hiroko and Miyuki Mochida of Hayward, inspired by one of Lange's photographs taken while the Mochida ...
The Shops at Tanforan – San Bruno (1971–present) Simi Valley Town Center – Simi Valley (2005–present, outdoor) Solano Town Center – Fairfield (1981–present) Somersville Towne Center – Antioch (1989–present) South Bay Galleria – Redondo Beach (1985–present) South Coast Plaza – Costa Mesa (1967–present)
Carousel Mall – San Bernardino (October 11, 1972 – August 22, 2017) Country Club Centre – Sacramento (August 21, 1952 – present) – now a conventional outdoor shopping center Desert Fashion Plaza – Palm Springs (October 1967 – 2001) – demolished in 2013; now The Block Palm Springs