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 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.
May 30, 2013 • 17min
21: Park Bums
Golden Gate Park's pickup baseball legends, the Park Bums, and other pickup ball-playing stories and locales.
May 24, 2013 • 21min
20: Beach Chalet
Talking about the old and new Beach Chalet on the western edge of Golden Gate Park at Ocean Beach.
May 18, 2013 • 28min
19: Forts and Fortifications
Guest John Martini talks historic forts and fortifications around the Golden Gate and Ocean Beach.
May 9, 2013 • 21min
18: George Turner Marsh and the Naming of the Richmond
The interesting life of George Turner Marsh, pioneer of the Richmond District and possible namer of the neighborhood.
