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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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.
Aug 12, 2017 • 21min
237: Sea Cliff
The showcase neighborhood overlooking the Golden Gate.
Aug 5, 2017 • 28min
236: 49 Mile Scenic Drive
Kristine Poggioli and Carolyn Eidson explain what the 49 Mile Scenic Drive is and how to walk it today.
Jul 29, 2017 • 26min
235: Zoo Trains
We remember all the trains in the San Francisco Zoo, from the Little Puffer to the playground locomotive to the Elephant train.
Jul 22, 2017 • 30min
234: Golden Gate Heights
The story of the neighborhood perched between (and above) the Sunset District and Forest Hill.
Jul 15, 2017 • 19min
233: Anglers Lodge and Casting Pools
An alpine cabin and concrete ponds hidden in a Golden Gate Park grove.
Jul 8, 2017 • 21min
232: Sea Lions of Lake Merced
An 1890s idea to catch invasive carp backfires.
Jun 30, 2017 • 26min
231: Roosevelt Middle School
A Richmond District junior high with unusual architecture and at least one famous alum.
