Outside Lands San Francisco
Western Neighborhoods Project
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.
Episodes
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Oct 5, 2019 • 30min
347: Paul´s Hat Works
Paul's Hat Works has been adorning heads in the City and the Richmond for almost 100 years. Abbie Dwelle, the Hat Works current owner, joins the pod to share its history.
Sep 28, 2019 • 25min
346 The Lincoln Highway
Why does Lincoln Highway end in San Francisco, and why is it named after our 16th President? David, Woody and Nicole discuss the western terminus of America's first transcontinental road.
Sep 21, 2019 • 21min
345 Robert Emmet Statue
Who placed a statue of the doomed Irish rebellion leader in Golden Gate Park? Learn the story of the Robert Emmet monument that now stands near the California Academy of Science.
Sep 14, 2019 • 29min
344: Cliff House Portraits
In the early 1900s, some professional portrait photos were the selfies of the day. John Freeman drops by to talk about the photographers who made a living taking photos of visitors to west side attractions.
Sep 7, 2019 • 30min
343: Vanished West Side Schools
Learn what happened to some of the schools on the West Side that no longer exist. The constant ebb and flow of the City's population, evolving teaching philosophies, and buildings that outlive their usefulness, schools come and go.
Aug 30, 2019 • 31min
342: August 2019 Mailbag
The listeners speak! Woody, David, and Nicole answer listener mail, own up to mistakes, and make some quick takes on a variety of topics.
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.
