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:

 136: Playland at the Beach | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:57

The long-gone, much-missed amusement park where the sand meets the sea in the Richmond District.

 135: Lakeside District | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 16:44

Thousands of people pass by this insulated enclave every day, the icelandic vision of small town America called Lakeside.

 134: Ingleside Presbyterian Church | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 18:01

Inside a west side church is one of the most awe-inspiring and unknown landmarks in San Francisco.

 133: Ben Butler | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 18:03

The story of San Francisco/'s most famous sea lion that had a life after death at Seal Rocks.

 132: St. Ignatius College Preparatory | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 25:30

With roots back to the 1850s, St. Ignatius has been a Sunset District institution for over 40 years.

 131: Portals of the Past | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:46

The story of the famous classical columns at Lloyd Lake in Golden Gate Park, and where they came from.

 130: West Portal | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 20:17

The story of West Portal, the neighborhood and the avenue.

 129: Prelinger Library | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 20:45

Megan Prelinger tells us about the one of most open physical libraries in the world, right in San Francisco!

 128: Coronet Theatre | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 20:54

Home of Star Wars premieres, Oklahoma, and 1,300 stadium seats on Geary Boulevard, the recent-gone Coronet opened in 1949.

 127: Henry Doelger | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 22:22

Home builder and character who had a great impact on San Francisco's Sunset District.

 126: Ingleside Coursing Park | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 19:51

In the 1890s, greyhounds competed along Ocean Avenue at the Ingleside Coursing Park. Plus, Connemara the superdog!

 125: GGNRA Park Archives | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 22:37

Amanda Williford from the Golden Gate Park Archives tells us about 6 million historical items, some stuffed in old stables.

 124: Golden Gate Park Carousel | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 18:21

Inside a Roman temple in Golden Gate Park you can still ride a goat, a dragon, or a giraffe in circles.

 123: Shipwrecks of Ocean Beach | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:43

Maritime craft going aground on San Francisco's Ocean Beach and Lands End

 122: Big Alma Spreckels | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:29

Alma de Bretteville Spreckels, mother of the Palace of the Legion of Honor, and a real SF character

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