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 21, 2017 • 19min
247: Renaming the Richmond
One hundred years ago, community leaders in the Richmond District decided to change the neighborhood name (again.)
Oct 14, 2017 • 19min
246: Pioneer Log Cabin and Environs
Golden Gate Park's meadow of pioneer and colonial related monuments.
Oct 7, 2017 • 17min
245: L-Taraval Streetcar
The story of the streetcar that runs through the Parkside, Sunset, and, at one time, open sand dunes.
Sep 30, 2017 • 21min
244: Seal Rocks
Off the Cliff House and visited by pinnipeds, daredevils, and stranded surfers.
Sep 23, 2017 • 24min
243: City College of San Francisco
From the San Francisco Junior College to free tuition, the history of City College.
Sep 16, 2017 • 26min
242: West Side What Ifs
Playland still in business? End of streetcars? World's Fair at Lake Merced? Imagining different west sides.
Sep 9, 2017 • 32min
241: Ida McCain
Inge Horton tells about a trailblazing female architect who designed hundreds of west side houses.
Sep 2, 2017 • 23min
240: Green Apple Books
Celebrating 50 years of a Richmond District institution.
Aug 26, 2017 • 22min
239: Arden Wood
The Christian Science institution built in the trees at the end of West Portal Avenue in 1930.
Aug 19, 2017 • 26min
238: Irish on the West Side
Elizabeth Creely visits to talk about Irish-American San Francisco, east and west side.
