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:

 181: Country Club Acres | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:22

A secret southwestern San Francisco neighborhood, plus listener mail!

 180: Coliseum Theatre | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 18:13

Remembering one of the Richmond District theaters, now condos and a drug store.

 179: Golden Gate Park Panhandle | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 18:58

The history of and changes to the groomed strip leading into Golden Gate Park.

 178: 50th Anniversary of the Sutro Baths Fire | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:21

The massive conflagration that ended a part of San Francisco history.

 177: Lowell High School | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 17:34

We visit the oldest public high school west of the Mississippi River.

 176: Aviation in the Outside Lands | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 18:44

Airplanes, gliders, and flying machines built and flown in San Francisco's west side in the early 20th Century.

 175: Ron Jones and Life in the Sunset | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 25:54

Storyteller Ron Jones tells tales of growing up on 46th Avenue, going to Playland, and working at the Rec Center for the Handicapped.

 174: West Clay Park | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 20:41

The hidden housing development in the Richmond District with a famous photographer connection.

 173: Park Presidio Boulevard | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 22:43

The story of how the Golden Gate Bridge changed a bucolic boulevard in the Richmond.

 172: Henry Gutterson | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:00

Shining a light on a lesser-known Bay Area architect who designed over 100 west side houses and a couple of registered landmarks.

 171: Carzonia Apartments | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:29

A quirky row of apartments made of cable cars were created In the Richmond District after the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire.

 170: Edgewood Center | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 18:34

With origins from the 1850s, the former Protestant Orphanage still serving children in new ways in the Parkside District.

 169: 1906 Earthquake Commemoration | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 20:48

Every year, San Franciscans old and young gather at Lotta's Fountain to remember the earthquake and fire of 1906

 168: de Young Museum | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 22:49

With origins from the 1894 Midwinter Fair in Golden Gate Park, the evolution of San Francisco's fine arts museum

 167: Mothers Building | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 15:36

National landmark in the San Francisco Zoo has WPA murals and mosaics by local women artists. Can it be saved?

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