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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Feb 20, 2016 • 29min
161: Parkmerced
The story of the apartment city-within-a-city on the shore of Lake Merced
Feb 13, 2016 • 21min
160: Sunnyside District
Visiting the creme de la creme of San Francisco subdivisions, where it isn't always sunny.
Feb 7, 2016 • 24min
159: Twin Peaks Tunnel
The story of the Municipal Railway streetcar tunnel that opened up the West of Twin Peaks neighborhoods.
Jan 30, 2016 • 22min
158: Presidio Terrace
Begun in 1905, the residence park that sparked a boom in San Francisco master-planned communities.
Jan 23, 2016 • 28min
157: Fort Funston
Guns, dogs, hang gliders, and more about the land at the southwest corner of San Francisco.
Jan 17, 2016 • 28min
156: City Cemetery
John Martini tells the story of the cemetery where Lincoln Park is today, and what remains.
Jan 9, 2016 • 21min
155: Golden Gate Park Golf Course
The hidden 9-hole pitch and putt, and mail from 13 listeners.
Jan 2, 2016 • 25min
154: The Year 2015 for WNP
The good, the awesome, and the super great year for Western Neighborhoods Project.
Dec 27, 2015 • 24min
153: The Park-Presidio Improvement Association
A strange Greek revival building in the Inner Richmond was once home to a powerful political organization.
Dec 20, 2015 • 25min
152: Parkway Terrace
Fine homes and curving concrete benches in an early housing development in the middle of the Sunset District.
