FOSTER CITY RETAIL SURVEY 2013
The 2013 Foster City Retail Survey. Sam Hindi saw our FOSTER CITY & CHAMBER RETAIL SURVEY 1992/93 post he sent this 2013 survey over.
Man-made City Planned for 35,000
Republished from Engineers News, April 1964, Vol. 23 – No. 4 This month the first one hundred homes of Foster City will be completed, and families will be living in an area that just a few years ago was salt ponds and pasture land. Foster City is the result of the imagination and courage of T. Jack Foster, with the assistance of his sons, T. Jack Jr., Bob, and Dick, and the skill and labors of the Operating Engineers. It…
Foster City & Chamber Retail Survey 1992/93
The Foster City Government and Chamber have worked to bring better retail to Foster City for over 30 years. Here is the study we found in our archives.
Beach Park Plaza Bikes
Beach Park Plaza had a bike store featuring BMX bikes run by Nadine Moreci and her husband. (click to read more and watch youtube)
A Dark Part of Foster City History
BURIED follows the gripping story of Eileen Franklin who, while playing with her young daughter, suddenly had a memory of witnessing the rape and murder of her childhood best friend, 8-year-old Susan Nason, which led to a re-opening of a case that had gone unsolved for nearly 20 years. And in a shocking twist, when Eileen came forward with her memory, she told the police that she remembered the murderer was her own father, George Franklin. Catch the story streaming…
Exploring Our Marshlands
Republished from Foster City Community Guide 1978, page 20 by Ronald White. “The more artificially complex man’s affairs become, the more he yearns for the fundamentals, the things of the earth. Some would say it is a form of escapism and perhaps it is in a way, but not an escape from reality, rather a flight from the unreal things.” Roger Tory Peterson Last Saturday, while sitting on the bench at Foster City’s Belmont Slough Wildlife Refuge, my thoughts moved…
Construction of Foster City 1960-1980
Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the incorporation of Foster City, the City’s former Public Works Director, Richard Hopper, spoke on the history of the City’s creation. Richard focused on the building of the City and the unique features that make up its character. I’m Carmen Blair, the deputy director of the San Mateo County Historical Association, and I would like to welcome you to today’s Courthouse Docket. The Courthouse Docket is a monthly series of lectures and performances sponsored by…
Summer Festivals in Foster City
For years Foster City had the “Art & Wine Festival.” It then became “City Fest”. The last City Fest was 2018. In 2019 it was canceled and the city put on an event called “Summer Days“. The Foster City Chamber of Commerce was in the lead on this for years until changes caused them to have to cancel the event. Google interestingly caught the below image we believe from 2019 from overhead. Showing the colorful tents and attractions. It appears…
Newcomers & the Welcome Wagon
As Foster City formed there were groups that developed to introduce people to the community and welcome them to Foster City. There was the original newspaper/newsletter the “Welcome Wagon” that would let people know about their new neighbors, local business, and happenings. It would say for example Jon and Jane Doe moved in to XYZ Street. It would let the community about who they are, where they work, do they have kids. But everyone had a local person to say…
Year Without Home Gives Official a New Perspective
BY MARK A. STEINDEC. 9, 1990 12 AM PT LOS ANGELES TIMES STAFF WRITER FOSTER CITY, Calif. — Politicians often talk of the problems of the homeless. John Oliver has lived them. Once a solid member of the middle class, the Foster City councilman has had business and personal setbacks that cost him his house and his family and for more than a year left him living out of his camper truck with his dog Topper. But Oliver has not given up hope,…