Outside Lands San Francisco
Nicole Meldahl and a rotating cast of hosts from the Western Neighborhoods Project (outsidelands.org / OpenSFHistory.org) share San Francisco west side neighborhood history with humor, a real fact or two, and much-better-informed occasional guests.
Latest episodes
Aug 24, 2019 • 31min
341: Recycling Midwinter Fair
The Midwinter Fair lived on after closing! Guest John Martini joins Nicole, David, and Woody to discuss how many of the attractions and buildings from the California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894 were repurposed.
Aug 17, 2019 • 27min
340: The Trocadero
The 1890s roadhouse still standing in Stern Grove.
Aug 10, 2019 • 24min
339: The Wreck of the Reporter
One Ocean Beach shipwreck the city turned out for in 1902.
Aug 3, 2019 • 29min
338: The Hot House
The Spanish-inspired eatery at Ocean Beach that survived the end of Playland.
Jul 26, 2019 • 25min
337: Windsor Terrace
The story of the Inner Sunset development with the elegant brick column gateway. And big WNP news.
Jul 20, 2019 • 22min
336: Torlakson House
The story of Carvel Torlakson and 806 47th Avenue, possibly the oldest standing building in the Richmond District.
Jul 9, 2019 • 23min
335: Gene's Liquors
The Parkside District's pioneer corner grocery.
Jul 6, 2019 • 22min
334: Closing the Midwinter Fair
The last official days of the California Midwinter International Exposition.
Jun 29, 2019 • 30min
333: Laguna Honda
The story of the San Francisco lake in the hills.
Jun 22, 2019 • 25min
332: Goddess of the Forest
Dudley Carter's sculpture and its journey from the Golden Gate International Exposition to Golden Gate Park to City College.
