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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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.
Dec 29, 2018 • 29min
307: Snow in San Francisco
On rare occasions, white stuff has fallen on the city by the bay.
Dec 22, 2018 • 33min
306: Sutro's Ashes
Mysterious object, relocated ashes, shadowy characters... John Martini unearths the stories behind Adolph Sutro's missing remains.
Dec 15, 2018 • 29min
305: Francis Scott Key Monument
The story of a peripatetic statue, that looks like a wedding cake top, in Golden Gate Park's Music Concourse.
Dec 8, 2018 • 27min
304: Lakeshore Park
Woody, David, & Nicole tell the story of the Gellert Brothers-built neighborhood that sits between two lakes and was the home of the mysterious GET.
Dec 1, 2018 • 29min
303: Alma Keith
A milliner with a large house at the beach and a family history with some mystery. Woody, David, & Nicole tell the story of Alma Keith.
Nov 24, 2018 • 29min
302: Transpacific Cable
In December 1902, a communications connection to Asia was launched from San Francisco's Ocean Beach.
Nov 17, 2018 • 24min
301: Ansel Adams House
The famed photographer of Yosemite and the 'Range of Light' grew up in the Richmond District.
