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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May 2, 2013 • 18min
17: Hills of San Francisco
David and Woody review a 54-year-old book that inspired both of them.
Apr 25, 2013 • 20min
16: Sunnyside Conservatory
The story behind an octagonal San Francisco landmark on Monterey Boulevard.
Apr 18, 2013 • 25min
15: Earthquake Shacks
After San Francisco's 1906 Earthquake and Fire over 5,600 relief cottages were constructed for the refugees. Some still survive today.
Apr 12, 2013 • 24min
14: San Francisco Zoo
Bricks of pink popcorn, the Little Puffer train, Storyland, lions, tigers, and bears... join Woody and David in remembering the history of the San Francisco Zoo.
Apr 4, 2013 • 22min
13: Sunset Architecture
San Francisco's largest neighborhood has its own distinctive architecture thanks to 1930s merchant-builders like Henry Doelger, Oliver Rousseau, and the Gellerts.
Mar 29, 2013 • 20min
12: Richmond District Streetcars?
Guest Paul Rosenberg talks about the source of rails recently uncovered on Balboa Street.
Mar 20, 2013 • 21min
11: Ingleside Jail and More
The History of the House of Refuge Lot, where City College of San Francisco and Balboa Park stand today.
Mar 14, 2013 • 20min
10: Roadhouses
Roadhouses here and gone on San Francisco's west side.
Mar 8, 2013 • 20min
9: West Portal Creek
Hidden creek near San Francisco's West Portal neighborhood and other secret water sites.
Feb 21, 2013 • 20min
8: Surf Theatre
Remembering a little theatre near Ocean Beach that had a big reputation for showing foreign and avant garde films.
