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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Jul 18, 2015 • 22min
131: Portals of the Past
The story of the famous classical columns at Lloyd Lake in Golden Gate Park, and where they came from.
Jul 12, 2015 • 20min
130: West Portal
The story of West Portal, the neighborhood and the avenue.
Jul 5, 2015 • 21min
129: Prelinger Library
Megan Prelinger tells us about the one of most open physical libraries in the world, right in San Francisco!
Jun 27, 2015 • 21min
128: Coronet Theatre
Home of Star Wars premieres, Oklahoma, and 1,300 stadium seats on Geary Boulevard, the recent-gone Coronet opened in 1949.
Jun 20, 2015 • 22min
127: Henry Doelger
Home builder and character who had a great impact on San Francisco's Sunset District.
Jun 13, 2015 • 20min
126: Ingleside Coursing Park
In the 1890s, greyhounds competed along Ocean Avenue at the Ingleside Coursing Park. Plus, Connemara the superdog!
Jun 7, 2015 • 23min
125: GGNRA Park Archives
Amanda Williford from the Golden Gate Park Archives tells us about 6 million historical items, some stuffed in old stables.
May 30, 2015 • 18min
124: Golden Gate Park Carousel
Inside a Roman temple in Golden Gate Park you can still ride a goat, a dragon, or a giraffe in circles.
May 23, 2015 • 29min
123: Shipwrecks of Ocean Beach
Maritime craft going aground on San Francisco's Ocean Beach and Lands End
May 16, 2015 • 23min
122: Big Alma Spreckels
Alma de Bretteville Spreckels, mother of the Palace of the Legion of Honor, and a real SF character
