Downtown Hayward

[1] Foothill Boulevard was known as "The Golden Strip", a retail business corridor that was built in the 1950s, and housed Capwell's and I. Magnin department stores.

The bankrupt Mervyns department store chain's large former headquarters is across the street from the City Center mall.

[8] Cinema Place is a 12,000-square-foot (1,100 m2) entertainment and shopping center, comprising a single structure, which opened on October 24, 2008.

[10][11] Hayward's Public Mural Art Program has won a Helen Putnam Award of Excellence.

[12] The main tenant is a Century Theatre multiplex, which is Hayward's lone movie theater since Mann's Festival Cinemas closed in 2003.

[16] The Hayward Area Historical Society opened a new museum, galleries, and an events venue in June 2014.

It will include undergrounding of telephone wires, and extensive landscaping, bringing parks and improved traffic flow to the downtown region.