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 25, 2017 • 27min
217: San Francisco History Days
The present and future of the city's most popular history event in the Old Mint.
Mar 18, 2017 • 22min
216: Leonard-Poole House
The story of San Francisco landmark #213 at 90 Cedro in Ingleside Terraces.
Mar 11, 2017 • 21min
215: Monarch the Grizzly Bear
The story of a grizzly captured, and later kept in Golden Gate Park, who was the model for the state flag.
Mar 2, 2017 • 24min
214: Richmond Heights
A 1910s micro-neighborhood with residence park aspirations and Craftsman houses.
Feb 25, 2017 • 24min
213: Laguna Honda School
The story of a Sunset school, the saloon next door, and "milk punch."
Feb 18, 2017 • 21min
212: Johnnie the Birdman
The story of a nineteenth century bird-act busker at Ocean Beach.
Feb 11, 2017 • 27min
211: Richmond and Sunset Branch Libraries
Two classic west side branches of the San Francisco Public Library were built with a grant from Andrew Carnegie.
Feb 4, 2017 • 19min
210: Ocean House
The roadhouse that catered to sports at Lake Merced from the 1850s to the 1880s.
Jan 28, 2017 • 24min
209: Golden Gate Park Music Stand
The history of bandshells, music stands, and the Temple of Music.
Jan 21, 2017 • 22min
208: The Bird Rescue of 1971
Susan McCarthy tells how a 1971 oil spill brought hippies and hardhats together for clean-up efforts at Ocean Beach and the creation of International Bird Rescue.
