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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Mar 30, 2019 • 31min
320: Ferries & Cliff House Railroad
Steam locomotives once puffed through the Richmond District.
Mar 23, 2019 • 35min
319: Butter Sculptress of the Midwinter Fair
The story of Caroline Brooks, Centennial Butter Sculptress at the 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition.
Mar 16, 2019 • 27min
318: Verdi Monument
The impressive tribute in Golden Gate Park's Music Concourse to Italy's famous composer.
Mar 9, 2019 • 31min
317: Quigley Family
An historic Inner Sunset family who lived in, and made, Golden Gate Park.
Mar 1, 2019 • 33min
316: San Francisco History Center
Guest Christina Moretta, photo curator from the San Francisco History Center at the San Francisco Public Library, gives an overview of the city's official archives.
Feb 23, 2019 • 28min
315: Sunset Reservoir
177 million gallons of water is just the start of the story.
Feb 16, 2019 • 32min
314: Women Artists at the Midwinter Fair
The Fine Arts Building of the 1894 California Midwinter International Fair in Golden Gate Park and the many female artists featured.
Feb 9, 2019 • 23min
313: Worcester Avenue
The history and significance of a one-block San Francisco street.
Feb 2, 2019 • 29min
312: Hotel Cairns
The former roadhouse and sanitarium at the corner of 36th Avenue and Fulton Street.
Jan 26, 2019 • 30min
311: Columbia Heights
The mini-neighborhood laid out along San Jose Avenue in 1893 with dairies and a one-man water company.
