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 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.
Jan 19, 2019 • 32min
310: Bonet's Electric Tower
The centerpiece of the 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition in Golden Gate Park.
Jan 12, 2019 • 30min
309: Carol Schuldt
The story of Kelly's Cove's "Queen of the Beach," who passed away on December 1, 2018.
Jan 5, 2019 • 29min
308: California Gliders Club
1920s aviators flew over the sand dunes of San Francisco's west side.
