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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- Artist: Western Neighborhoods Project
- Copyright: 2013-2021 Western Neighborhoods Project
Podcasts:
Two classic west side branches of the San Francisco Public Library were built with a grant from Andrew Carnegie.
The roadhouse that catered to sports at Lake Merced from the 1850s to the 1880s.
The history of bandshells, music stands, and the Temple of Music.
Susan McCarthy tells how a 1971 oil spill brought hippies and hardhats together for clean-up efforts at Ocean Beach and the creation of International Bird Rescue.
Nicole Meldahl and Arnold Woods come to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Polo Fields' happening.
When cable cars and steam trains ran on Geary Street to the Richmond District. Plus, a listener mail question!
The story of a unique drive reserved for religious and fraternal organizations in the late 1950s.
Local christmas traditions and stories old and new, from roof rides to holiday firehouses.
The story of the 6-line, which started as a streetcar that made a neighborhood party.
The story of the surfmen who did service at Ocean Beach from 1878 to 1951.
Guest Frank Dunnigan talks about the first century of a Parkside District parish.
Listener mail and more.
Landscape architect for Forest Hill, part of Sea Cliff, the National Park Service.
Legendary swim coach of olympians and 50,000 city school kids.
On October 21, 1928, MUNI opened the N-Judah line to an extremely jubuliant Sunset District.
