Outside Lands San Francisco show

Outside Lands San Francisco

Summary: 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, a real fact or two, and much-better-informed occasional guests.

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Podcasts:

 226: Golden Gate Bridge at 80 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:39

San Francisco’s best known landmark has a birthday.

 225: Columbus Alice Fong Yu School | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 22:59

The story of a landmark language immersion school in the Sunset District.

 224: Kezar Stadium Re-do | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:21

Don't listen to podcast episode #1! This is a better look at Kezar Stadium in Golden Gate Park.

 223: Department of Public Works Images | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 22:17

Why did a San Francisco city agency take so many photographs and why are they important?

 222: Fires of 1906 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 25:45

Fire, not earthquake, destroyed most of San Francisco in 1906.

 221: Japanese Tea Garden | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:29

Gardener and historian Steven Pitsenbarger gives the story of Golden Gate Park's crown jewel.

 220: Legion of Honor | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 25:44

The history of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor---art, an organ, and a view.

 219: Midtown Terrace | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:05

The mid-century development nestled in San Francisco's Twin Peaks.

 218: Parkside Theater | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 22:16

The history of a neighborhood theater, home of Tom Mix, Led Zeppelin, and a lot of toddlers.

 217: San Francisco History Days | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 26:51

The present and future of the city's most popular history event in the Old Mint.

 216: Leonard-Poole House | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:30

The story of San Francisco landmark #213 at 90 Cedro in Ingleside Terraces.

 215: Monarch the Grizzly Bear | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:03

The story of a grizzly captured, and later kept in Golden Gate Park, who was the model for the state flag.

 214: Richmond Heights | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:42

A 1910s micro-neighborhood with residence park aspirations and Craftsman houses.

 213: Laguna Honda School | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:05

The story of a Sunset school, the saloon next door, and "milk punch."

 212: Johnnie the Birdman | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 20:56

The story of a nineteenth century bird-act busker at Ocean Beach.

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