Audio recordings. A suburb in flux. Fremont, CA.
With a nod to the brilliant podcast, 99% Invisible, I had Fremont, CA read its own plaques. Always Read The Plaque. A list of historical markers in Fremont, CA is available from the Washington Township Museum of Local History. http://washingtontownshiphist.org/WTmarkers.pdf
The Friday Show is produced by the 6th grade class of Forest Park Elementary in Fremont.
Philip Holmes and the oral history collection of The Washington Township Museum of Local History. The audio collection can be enjoyed here: https://archive.org/details/washingtontownshipmuseum
The Dominican Sisters Holiday Boutique 2018.
Allison Guerrero walks her dogs and recalls her 59 years in Fremont.
Wally maintains the ball-field for the Niles Centerville Little League. "Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance." -Kurt Vonnegut
After 30 years in the same building, the Friends of the Fremont Library have their final sale before moving.
All the bits and pieces before you get to the note.
Stand with the creek at your feet and cars above your head.
A group of volunteers come together on Make A Difference Day to clean a strip of land that neither the City of Fremont nor Alameda County want to claim.