PROSPECTUS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BREWER ISLAND (1957)
1957 – Foster City could have been a Recreation Hub & Disney like amusement center for the Bay Area
Foster City Home Owners’ Landscape Planting and Maintenance Guide (1960’s ?)
Happy to share with the community another gem of landscaping Foster City. This item was found in a garage and we believe it to be original. It is the Foster City Home Owners’ Landscape Planting and Maintenance Guide and it goes through some of the original planting guidelines in Foster City. The documents are not dated but due to the thick high quality paper, typeface and oxidation on the pages we suspect his is from the 1960’s.
1993 Recreation Center Feasibility Study
Today we are happy to share with the community the 1993 Foster City Recreation Center Feasibility Study. As Foster City launches into a new $40+ Million Dollar Recreation Center project plan it is informative to show the last major change to the recreation center. (William Walker Recreation Center) This is a 50+ page report with many details. It may be informative to current projects to understand where Foster City came from and how the recreation center has evolved over many decades.
Foster City Tree Inventory 2000
This is the Foster City Tree Inventory from 2000. Foster City has seen many trees die recently. Why? Many trees are non native and they haven’t thrived. Also many trees have slowly failed. Did you know Foster City’s salt water table is only a few feet deep? So trees that have deep roots don’t thrive in Foster City due to the salt water. YET, trees with shallow roots infiltrate pipes, homes, and do damage to streets and crosswalks. It is a careful balance.
Foster City Congressional Hearing on Government Operations, September 12-13 1975
A professor from Ohio State has asked for help to find anyone who was around for the 1975 Congressional Hearing. This was a hearing on how the US Corps of Engineers and US Fish and Wildlife operated with the newly formed City of Foster City back in the early 1970’s. If anyone has information or ideas on who might still be around from these events please reach out to the historical society and also reach out to Christopher M. Rea…
President Gerald Ford Letter (1974)
We have discovered and a letter sent to Jan and Sam Felser who were the prior owners of the Foster City Islander. This letter is signed from President Gerald Ford in 1974. The letter is regarding his pardon of President Richard Nixon. We will be putting this into the Foster City Historical Society’s viewing case at the Community Center ASAP to make sure to keep it safe.
1974 Map w/ Southern Crossing & Marina
1974 Map of Foster City found in the Foster City Historical Society archives including the Southern Crossing, Sea Cloud II Marina & Marine World Africa USA
Foster City… Its Beginning
Foster City… Its Beginning “Those who were sure Foster City would fail have been disappointed. Foster City lives, grows and is strengthening into a community in which its residents have both faith and pride.”
Greetings from the Island!
From our archives we present this postcard that went out to Foster City residents to promote San Mateo’s Fashion Island Mall. What makes this photo unique are some of the smaller details seen in the aerial photo. Metro Tower was completed in 1986 so this photo had to be the early to mid 1980’s.
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.