Hall & Foreman Historical Fun Facts

Did You Know?

Hall & Foreman worked on the first condominium project in Orange County.

The City of San Juan Capistrano was one of the firm’s first Clients.

Hall & Foreman designed the Lion Country Safari Parks built in Orange County, Texas and Japan.

The firm designed the ever-popular Pacific Drive-Ins that dominated the market during the drive-in craze. Ironically, decades later, Hall & Foreman designed the shopping centers, housing developments and industrial parks that now sit on those former drive-in sites.

Diane Keaton, Jack Hall’s daughter, attended Hall & Foreman events during the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. Diane’s nickname is Annie, hence the inspiration for Woody Allen’s movie “Annie Hall” (1977) which earned her the Best Actress Oscar.

Art Linkletter (of “People are Funny” and “Kids Say the Darndest Things” fame) worked with Hall & Foreman on projects at the University Village at University of California at Irvine.

The firm did surveying, subdivision design, and mapping for the property in San Clemente that served as the Western White House for President Richard Nixon.

Hall & Foreman created the grading design for the parking structures at John Wayne Airport during the airport’s expansion in the late 1980’s.

The firm debuted in 4th position as a CENews Magazine Best Civil Engineering Firms to Work For in 2004.