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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Nov 29, 2013 • 32min
47: Sutro Baths
John Martini returns to talk about San Francisco's legendary Sutro Baths, once the world's largest natatorium and now beloved ruins.
Nov 23, 2013 • 24min
46: SF History Groups
The Western Neighborhoods Project isn't the only group dedicated to San Francisco history. David and Woody share the love and give you lots of options to get your SF History fix.
Nov 16, 2013 • 24min
45: Ewing Field
Guest star Angus Macfarlane returns to tell the boys stories about the Richmond District's long-gone Ewing Field, home of minor league baseball and other diversions for San Franciscans.
Nov 9, 2013 • 30min
44: Harold Stoner
Guest star Jacquie Proctor talks about one of the most prolific residential architects in San Francisco, the man of streamline rocket ship buildings as well as Hansel and Gretel cottages, Harold Stoner.
Nov 2, 2013 • 22min
43: How to Research Your House
How does one research San Francisco history, including the history of one's house? David and Woody give you the online resources to get started. Plus, some big news for WNP.
Oct 26, 2013 • 25min
42: The Little Shamrock
Guest Angus Macfarlane talks with the boys about the Sunset District's oldest business, the Little Shamrock, established by the extraordinary Julia Herzo.
Oct 19, 2013 • 22min
41: Cemeteries of the Inner Richmond
Talking about the Richmond District's Big Four cemeteries around Lone Mountain, the resting place for San Francisco's dead from the 1850s until their removal in the 1930s.
Oct 12, 2013 • 18min
40: Speedway Meadow and Polo Fields
The story of Golden Gate Park's Speedway Meadow, the Speed Road, and the Polo Fields.
Oct 2, 2013 • 20min
39: Carville-by-the-Sea
San Francisco's 1890s bohemian beachside settlement made of old streetcars.
Sep 27, 2013 • 18min
38: Sunset Boulevard
San Francisco's Sunset Boulevard: no Norma Desmond, but from the 1930s to the 1970s, it did have Soap Box Derbys.
