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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Dec 15, 2018 • 29min
305: Francis Scott Key Monument
The story of a peripatetic statue, that looks like a wedding cake top, in Golden Gate Park's Music Concourse.
Dec 8, 2018 • 27min
304: Lakeshore Park
Woody, David, & Nicole tell the story of the Gellert Brothers-built neighborhood that sits between two lakes and was the home of the mysterious GET.
Dec 1, 2018 • 29min
303: Alma Keith
A milliner with a large house at the beach and a family history with some mystery. Woody, David, & Nicole tell the story of Alma Keith.
Nov 24, 2018 • 29min
302: Transpacific Cable
In December 1902, a communications connection to Asia was launched from San Francisco's Ocean Beach.
Nov 17, 2018 • 24min
301: Ansel Adams House
The famed photographer of Yosemite and the 'Range of Light' grew up in the Richmond District.
Nov 10, 2018 • 29min
300: Western Neighborhoods Project
Hey, we are history too now! For the 300th podcast we talk about the venerable organization named the Western Neighborhoods Project.
Nov 3, 2018 • 30min
299: Monterey Heights
The houses and stories (bootleggers, raffles, and more) in a residential neighborhood on the slope of Mount Davidson.
Oct 27, 2018 • 27min
298: West Side Equestrianism
Horse-riding on the west side, the Golden Gate Park stables, and David's fear of the saddle.
Oct 20, 2018 • 28min
297: The 1868 Earthquake
Arnold Woods joins us to mark the 150th anniversary of the October 21, 1868 earthquake on the Hayward Fault, the city's first 'Big One.'
Oct 6, 2018 • 28min
296: Rancho San Miguel
A Mexican land grant from 1845 still reverberates on San Francisco's west side 173 years later.
