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 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.
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.
