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 29, 2017 • 26min
235: Zoo Trains
We remember all the trains in the San Francisco Zoo, from the Little Puffer to the playground locomotive to the Elephant train.
Jul 22, 2017 • 30min
234: Golden Gate Heights
The story of the neighborhood perched between (and above) the Sunset District and Forest Hill.
Jul 15, 2017 • 19min
233: Anglers Lodge and Casting Pools
An alpine cabin and concrete ponds hidden in a Golden Gate Park grove.
Jul 8, 2017 • 21min
232: Sea Lions of Lake Merced
An 1890s idea to catch invasive carp backfires.
Jun 30, 2017 • 26min
231: Roosevelt Middle School
A Richmond District junior high with unusual architecture and at least one famous alum.
Jun 24, 2017 • 25min
230: Sutro Forest
The story of the San Francisco tree plantation that once stretched from the Inner Sunset to the Ingleside District.
Jun 17, 2017 • 27min
229: Christofferson Brothers
Tim McIntosh tells of early aircraft building and flying brothers who had a flight school at Ocean Beach.
Jun 10, 2017 • 24min
228: Trad'r Sam
The Outer Richmond District's venerable South Seas bar.
Jun 3, 2017 • 21min
227: Grove of Memory
Golden Gate Park's redwood grove, with Doughboy statue, commemorating Native Sons who died in 20th Century wars.
May 27, 2017 • 24min
226: Golden Gate Bridge at 80
San Francisco’s best known landmark has a birthday.
