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BHS Gym bites the dust

Having been removed from the BHS community for more than a decade, big changes that the community is alerted to early can be news to me when they actually happen.  So it goes for the BHS gym–and I am not alone.  Several people pinged me to say how they were caught by surprise at the demolition of the old gym.  Not saying it wasn't time, just that it was a surprise.  If anyone knows where the gym-based sporting events are to be played, please weigh in.

This is the scene were the gym once stood.  Compared to other developments, a gym should go up pretty quickly.

BHS gym gone

Courtesy of the B'game Historical Society here is a photo of the first BHS gym designed by Ernest Norberg from the early 1930s

BHS gym Little Big game 1932-33

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7 responses to “BHS Gym bites the dust”

  1. Jennifer Pfaff

    This will be Gym #3 over the past century.

  2. Joe

    Photo of the first gym has been added to the post. Nice looking building!

  3. Joe

    Here’s an update from John Horgan’s column today:
    GYM CONSTRUCTION IS DELAYED: Construction on a new gymnasium/fitness center at Burlingame High School has been delayed due to issues with architectural drawings required by the state of California.

  4. Jennifer Pfaff

    Gee Joe,
    Your bias showing…no report about SMHS getting the PAW back from BHS in the LBG?? ‘first time since 2009….j.

  5. Joe

    I was counting on some Bearcat to make that notation and there you are. From the DJ reporting, it sounds like San Mateo slipped though by the skin of their bear teeth.
    https://www.smdailyjournal.com/sports/local/little-big-game-san-mateo-claims-the-paw-for-the-first-time-since-2009/article_9a4e23ae-7c92-11ee-bf54-13f46ccb5a5a?utm_source=smdailyjournal.com&utm_campaign=%2Fnewsletters%2Fheadlines%2F%3F-dc%3D1699282823&utm_medium=email&utm_content=headline
    Will it be another 13 years of Panther Paw possession?

  6. Mom

    By the way, I went by the gym site a week ago and it looks pretty much like the picture above. Did work stop for the last year?

  7. Joe

    Two years have passed but the reopening is scheduled according to John Horgan in the DJ
    Ribbon-cutting ceremonies to mark the debuts of two new gymnasium/fitness centers at Burlingame and San Mateo highs are scheduled for Aug. 27 and Aug. 29, respectively. Both facilities have been under construction for two years with a combined budget of just over $64 million.

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