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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Apr 15, 2017 • 26min
220: Legion of Honor
The history of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor---art, an organ, and a view.
Apr 8, 2017 • 23min
219: Midtown Terrace
The mid-century development nestled in San Francisco's Twin Peaks.
Apr 1, 2017 • 22min
218: Parkside Theater
The history of a neighborhood theater, home of Tom Mix, Led Zeppelin, and a lot of toddlers.
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.
