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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Aug 23, 2015 • 24min
136: Playland at the Beach
The long-gone, much-missed amusement park where the sand meets the sea in the Richmond District.
Aug 18, 2015 • 17min
135: Lakeside District
Thousands of people pass by this insulated enclave every day, the icelandic vision of small town America called Lakeside.
Aug 9, 2015 • 18min
134: Ingleside Presbyterian Church
Inside a west side church is one of the most awe-inspiring and unknown landmarks in San Francisco.
Aug 2, 2015 • 18min
133: Ben Butler
The story of San Francisco/'s most famous sea lion that had a life after death at Seal Rocks.
Jul 25, 2015 • 26min
132: St. Ignatius College Preparatory
With roots back to the 1850s, St. Ignatius has been a Sunset District institution for over 40 years.
Jul 18, 2015 • 22min
131: Portals of the Past
The story of the famous classical columns at Lloyd Lake in Golden Gate Park, and where they came from.
Jul 12, 2015 • 20min
130: West Portal
The story of West Portal, the neighborhood and the avenue.
Jul 5, 2015 • 21min
129: Prelinger Library
Megan Prelinger tells us about the one of most open physical libraries in the world, right in San Francisco!
Jun 27, 2015 • 21min
128: Coronet Theatre
Home of Star Wars premieres, Oklahoma, and 1,300 stadium seats on Geary Boulevard, the recent-gone Coronet opened in 1949.
Jun 20, 2015 • 22min
127: Henry Doelger
Home builder and character who had a great impact on San Francisco's Sunset District.
