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 10, 2013 • 19min
31: Daniel Burnham's Plan
Daniel Hudson Burnham's 1904 plan to remake San Francisco included some momumental visions for the west side.
Aug 1, 2013 • 16min
30: Stern Grove and Pine Lake Park
Stern Grove and Pine Lake Park, with a shared history of squatters, farmers, and free music, is not your run-of-the-mill San Francisco parkland.
Jul 27, 2013 • 25min
29: Ingleside Terraces
San Francisco's Ingleside Terraces neighborhood started as a racetrack before turning into a residential park with, weirdly, a giant sundial.
Jul 16, 2013 • 25min
28: Cliff House
San Francisco's Cliff House, perched above Seal Rocks at the Pacific Ocean, celebrates its 150th anniversary in July 2013.
Jul 12, 2013 • 19min
27: Fleishhacker Pool
Promoted as the world's largest outdoor swimming pool, San Francisco's Fleishhacker Pool opened in 1925 and closed in the early 1970s. It was cold!
Jul 5, 2013 • 19min
26: Oddities of the Avenues
The hidden stories of odd buildings in the Avenues of western San Francisco, including a rant about Google map designations.
Jun 28, 2013 • 20min
25: Oceanview
Stories of frog ponds, unbalanced street grids, and Death's Crossing in San Francisco's Oceaniewv neighborhood.
Jun 21, 2013 • 21min
24: Adolph Sutro
Did he own one-twelfth of San Francisco or just a twentieth? Either way, Adolph Sutro made his mark on the city, especially the west side.
Jun 14, 2013 • 22min
23: Camp Merritt
Guest Nicole Meldahl talks about the Richmond District's 1898 encampment of volunteer soldiers for the Spanish-American War.
Jun 4, 2013 • 17min
22: Carl Larsen
Carl Larsen, restaurateur, chicken ranch owner, and Sunset District pioneer has perhaps one of San Francisco's most-viewed parks named after him.
