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:

 196: Growing Up in San Francisco | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 22:57

Native west side son Frank Dunnigan drops by to share more memories and preview his new book.

 195: San Francisco History Association | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:13

Collector Ron Ross shares his personal history in the city and the 35-year history of the San Francisco History Association.

 194: Sloat Boulevard | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 18:06

From the zoo to St. Francis Circle, stories about San Francisco's widest (maybe) street.

 193: Love Pageant Rally | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 15:02

Nicole Meldahl tells the story of the Love Pageant Rally, which happened 50 years ago this week.

 192: Tait's at the Beach | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:09

Once called Oceanside House and the House of Mystery, a legendary Ocean Beach roadhouse.

 191: San Francisco Lawn Bowling Club | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 14:44

Since 1901, players in white have trod the bowling greens in Golden Gate Park.

 190: Sherwood Forest | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:06

Guest Jacquie Proctor comes by to tell the story of the city's highest and most secret neighborhood.

 189: Model Homes of San Francisco | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:14

Odd and interesting model homes of the west side when developers had to work to sell city real estate.

 188: Holy Virgin Cathedral | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 18:54

The five golden domes over the Richmond District and the center of Russian Orthodox life in San Francisco.

 187: Emperor Norton | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 27:51

Guest Joseph Amster shares the story, proclamations, and continuing legacy of San Francisco's first and only emperor.

 186: Lands End Station | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 15:13

The rise and slide of a cliffside, trackside refreshment stand that faced the Golden Gate.

 185: Abbey Stones of Golden Gate Park | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 20:06

The story of a medieval Spanish monastery's journey in pieces to San Francisco.

 184: St. Emydius Catholic Church | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:30

An Ingleside District institution with origins in San Francisco's 1906 Earthquake and Fire. And listener mail!

 183: 16th and Irving Street Gas Station | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 18:20

Ruins of the gas station run by Jack Goldsworthy, closed but still dream-inspiring.

 182: The Boneyard | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 15:25

The where, why, and when of a streetcar cemetery and storage block in the Inner Sunset District.

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