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, footnoted facts, and occasional guests.
Episodes
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Jul 9, 2019 • 23min
335: Gene's Liquors
The Parkside District's pioneer corner grocery.
Jul 6, 2019 • 22min
334: Closing the Midwinter Fair
The last official days of the California Midwinter International Exposition.
Jun 29, 2019 • 30min
333: Laguna Honda
The story of the San Francisco lake in the hills.
Jun 22, 2019 • 25min
332: Goddess of the Forest
Dudley Carter's sculpture and its journey from the Golden Gate International Exposition to Golden Gate Park to City College.
Jun 15, 2019 • 26min
331: San Francisco Ice Arena
The mid-block skating rink that operated on 48th Avenue between Kirkham and Lawton Streets from the 1920s to the 1990s.
Jun 7, 2019 • 28min
330: Golden Gate Park Bands
From 1882 to the 1894 Midwinter Fair to Sundays today, the history of bands in the park.
Jun 1, 2019 • 29min
329: Bicycles on the West Side
Two wheels on the west side from the 1890s to today.
May 26, 2019 • 25min
328: Memorial to the Missing
Monument in the Presidio dedicated to World War II servicemen lost in the Pacific.
May 18, 2019 • 24min
327: Heidelberg Castle
The German village concession at the 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition in Golden Gate Park.
May 11, 2019 • 24min
326: Truck Farms
Italian truck farms on the west side of the city, leased by "I Giardinieri" (the gardeners), fed San Francisco for decades.
