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 26, 2014 • 19min
81: Alexandria Theatre
San Francisco's Alexandria Theatre opened at 18th Avenue and Geary Boulevard in 1923 with a lush Egyptian theme. Ten years after closing, there is new hope the building will be revitalized. (Alexandria theme song performed by Lisa Sanchez and Doug McKeeh
Jul 19, 2014 • 20min
80: Laguna Honda Hospital
Begun as the Almshouse in 1867, Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center is still serving San Franciscans on the west side of Twin Peaks.
Jul 12, 2014 • 24min
79: Parkside District
The Parkside, often lumped in with San Francisco's Sunset District, has a history and character of its own. Corruption trials, pioneer groceries, and May Day queens.
Jul 5, 2014 • 24min
78: Top Five Statues of Golden Gate Park
David and Woody offer their top five favorite statues of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park: a president, a novelist, a mother, a poet, and a gardener.
Jun 27, 2014 • 21min
77: Great Highway
San Francisco's Great Highway, the venerable road along Ocean Beach that always threatens to be buried by sea and sand.
Jun 20, 2014 • 17min
76: Mountain Lake
A small lake between the Presidio and the Richmond District played a role in San Francisco's founding. Fireworks and alligators also mentioned.
Jun 13, 2014 • 19min
75: SFMTA Photo Collection
Amazing views of San Francisco streets and streetcars over the last 110 years from the old Municipal Railway archives. Listen to hear the background and take a look at the photos at www.sfmta.com/photo
Jun 5, 2014 • 17min
74: Mysterious Lake Merced Earthquake of 1852
The night in 1852 when an alleged earthquake caused Lake Merced to break its way into the Pacific Ocean and drop thirty feet overnight. Plus, the 1878 gold rush at the lake.
May 31, 2014 • 14min
73: Columbarium
San Francisco's Columbarium, built in 1898 in the Odd Fellows Cemetery, still stands and is still in business in the Richmond District. Tens of thousands of cremated remains in a grand domed building with room for more.
May 24, 2014 • 19min
72: Saving Neighborhood News
Saving San Francisco's neighborhood newspapers, including the Richmond ReView, Noe Valley Voice, Visitacion Valley Grapevine, and more. Plus 25th anniversary memories of the Loma Prieta earthquake, and new earthquake shack discovered.
