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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Aug 27, 2016 • 28min
187: Emperor Norton
Guest Joseph Amster shares the story, proclamations, and continuing legacy of San Francisco's first and only emperor.
Aug 22, 2016 • 15min
186: Lands End Station
The rise and slide of a cliffside, trackside refreshment stand that faced the Golden Gate.
Aug 13, 2016 • 20min
185: Abbey Stones of Golden Gate Park
The story of a medieval Spanish monastery's journey in pieces to San Francisco.
Aug 6, 2016 • 22min
184: St. Emydius Catholic Church
An Ingleside District institution with origins in San Francisco's 1906 Earthquake and Fire. And listener mail!
Jul 30, 2016 • 18min
183: 16th and Irving Street Gas Station
Ruins of the gas station run by Jack Goldsworthy, closed but still dream-inspiring.
Jul 23, 2016 • 15min
182: The Boneyard
The where, why, and when of a streetcar cemetery and storage block in the Inner Sunset District.
Jul 16, 2016 • 24min
181: Country Club Acres
A secret southwestern San Francisco neighborhood, plus listener mail!
Jul 9, 2016 • 18min
180: Coliseum Theatre
Remembering one of the Richmond District theaters, now condos and a drug store.
Jul 2, 2016 • 19min
179: Golden Gate Park Panhandle
The history of and changes to the groomed strip leading into Golden Gate Park.
Jun 26, 2016 • 21min
178: 50th Anniversary of the Sutro Baths Fire
The massive conflagration that ended a part of San Francisco history.
