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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Feb 23, 2019 • 28min
315: Sunset Reservoir
177 million gallons of water is just the start of the story.
Feb 16, 2019 • 32min
314: Women Artists at the Midwinter Fair
The Fine Arts Building of the 1894 California Midwinter International Fair in Golden Gate Park and the many female artists featured.
Feb 9, 2019 • 23min
313: Worcester Avenue
The history and significance of a one-block San Francisco street.
Feb 2, 2019 • 29min
312: Hotel Cairns
The former roadhouse and sanitarium at the corner of 36th Avenue and Fulton Street.
Jan 26, 2019 • 30min
311: Columbia Heights
The mini-neighborhood laid out along San Jose Avenue in 1893 with dairies and a one-man water company.
Jan 19, 2019 • 32min
310: Bonet's Electric Tower
The centerpiece of the 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition in Golden Gate Park.
Jan 12, 2019 • 30min
309: Carol Schuldt
The story of Kelly's Cove's "Queen of the Beach," who passed away on December 1, 2018.
Jan 5, 2019 • 29min
308: California Gliders Club
1920s aviators flew over the sand dunes of San Francisco's west side.
Dec 29, 2018 • 29min
307: Snow in San Francisco
On rare occasions, white stuff has fallen on the city by the bay.
Dec 22, 2018 • 33min
306: Sutro's Ashes
Mysterious object, relocated ashes, shadowy characters... John Martini unearths the stories behind Adolph Sutro's missing remains.
