1957: Planning The Future From Montara to HMB Airport
 When there was a Denton’s Coffee Shop at Cabrillo Hwy & 7th Street in Montara and the Cunha Bros. owned the Chevron Station in Half Moon Bay.
A Curio From the Half Moon Bay Review, 1957
“General Plan for Montara-Moss Beach Revealed By County Planning Commission; Growth Depends on Coast Freeway
“A general plan proposal for the Montara Moss Beach communities was made public recently by the County Planning Committeer.
“The plan, which was developed jointly by the commission staff and the community planning committee of the Montara Moss Beach Improvement Association during a one-year study covers the area from Devil’s Slide to Half Moon Bay airport.
“A population of from 11,500 to 17,000 by 1980 is expected for the area and an eventual population of from 28,000 to 43,000 is projected.
“The major design concepts are emphasized in the plan. The first is that of a recreation-oriented community with stress being placed on preservation of the natural beautifies of the area. Open space, parks, green belts, parkways, and riding and hiking trails are shown.
“The second planning concept is a commercial complex adjoining the airport to include a community shopping center, hotels and motels, convention center and computer center.
Another outstanding feature of the proposed plan is a cultural recreation center which would serve as a focal point for the community. It is shown on the rise north of Montara creek near an extension of Fourteenth Street. The site overlooks Montara Canyon, the ocean and a possible new recreation lake on Montara Creek.
“The plan shows three golf courses, industry along Airport Street and residential areas along the ridge behind the airport.
“Larz Anderson, assistant planning director, said the plan provides the framework in which the vast [Henry] Doelger development, announced last week, will take place. Doelger planners kept in touch with the work on the general plan, Anderson said, with the result that there are no major conflicts between the plan and what Doelger proposes to do.
“Anderson said the growth of the area is expected to be somewhat gradual until the Coast freeway [in 1957, a proposed extension of Hwy 280] becomes reality.�