Outside Lands San Francisco

Since 1983, LEAP has hosted the Sandcastle Classic at Ocean Beach. Nicole chats with Jackie and Rafaella of Youth Arts Exchange who organize this annual epic event, and shares the story of James J. Taylor, sand sculpture artist, who dazzled beachgoers with his work in 1909.

Phil Faroudja regales us with the 1864 journey of Mark Twain from downtown to the Cliff House and back. Spoiler alert: he did not find it very pleasant!

Nicole and Drew share the remarkable life of pioneering Outer Sunset physician and pharmacist, Dr. Matilda Burns, through the connected histories of of Java Beach Cafe and Ruby's SF on Judah Street.

Nicole is joined by special guest Stephanie Brown! This week they're catching listeners up on some exciting recent news, discuss the Outside Lands magazine, and some potential changes and updates coming to WNP programming in the future - in Nicoles first episode back since sabbatical.

Woody LaBounty joins Randall Ann Homan and Al Barna from SF Neon to highlight some of their favorite Legacy Businesses in the Outside Lands, discuss the history of the Legacy Business Program and how businesses can achieve legacy status!

41-47 West Portal Avenue had bakeries, delis, hairdressers, toy shops, candy shops, and realtors over the years. Nicole & Arnold took a look at the building's history in this repodcast which originally aired in 2023.

We previously told the story of the GGIE's Art in Action, and in this classic episode of Outside Lands, Nicole and Arnold dug a little deeper into Diego Rivera's masterpiece, Pan American Unity.

Rebekah discusses the contraction of San Francisco museums and how that has effected her, and Nicole shares an early sabbatical discovery related to UCSF, Florence Nightingale, and...Country Joe MacDonald? Plus, we're teleporting back in time to read articles from the news 25, 50, 75 and 100 years ago the day this episode airs.

You can't miss spotting a Rousseau-built "Storybook" home in the Sunset. Special guest Michael Lange joined the pod back in 2020 to tell the story of the Rousseau brothers and how they developed their distinctive homes across the West Side of San Francisco in this classic episode rerun of Outside Lands!

The Jesse B. Cook collection at the Bancroft Library is an amazing assortment of photos and ephemera spanning early 20th century San Francisco. Jesse Cook himself also has a fascinating, but complicated history. Learn how he compiled this cherished collection as one of San Francisco's earliest and prolific scrapbookers, in this classic episode of Outside Lands San Francisco.

Nicole sits down for a conversation with two more board members - Joe Angiulo and Lindsey Hanson - as they share what they do in the history field and how they got involved with the WNP board.

Peter Hartlaub joins Rebekah and Drew for one final Short Stack as a guest host- this time covering the long and chaotic history of Golden Gate Park's bison herd (escapes included). Then it's back to Rebekah and Drew digging up some interesting articles from the archives 25, 50, 75 and 100 years ago!

Nicole sits down with WNP's newest board member, Alex Spoto, to chat about dynamic approaches to history, his work at the Tenderloin Museum, and what makes the west side special.

Rebekah is joined once again by special guest Peter Hartlaub! The two dig into the history of Golden Gate Park's former menagerie of animals, then look back at articles published 25, 50, 75, and 100 years ago on the day of publication.

Nicole and Arnold explore the long history of San Francisco National Cemetery in this classic episode of Outside Lands, which originally aired in 2022. Located in the Presidio, it is one of only two final resting places still active on the west side.

Rebekah Kim and Peter Hartlaub are back in the host seat, sharing how they each found their way to WNP, taking a deep dive into the final days of Playland-at-the-Beach and going on some small theme park tangents, before the two take a look back at news headlines from 25, 50, 75 and 100 years ago on the day of publication.

Nicole talks with the person who kept newspapers alive in the Outside Lands, Michael Durand, former owner and editor of the Richmond Review and Sunset Beacon, in this classic episode of Outside Lands San Francisco.

Rebekah and special guest Peter Hartlaub go over the history of Bay to Breakers and how it became the beloved, chaotic race we know today - then look back at what was in the news 25, 50, 75, and 100 years ago!

SF Neon's Randall Ann Homan and Al Barna are in the host seat this week, chatting with CinemaSFBay's Adam Bergeron and Robert Mailer Anderson, operators of the 4 Star, Balboa, and Vogue theaters. They get into why neighborhood theaters matter, the unique programming they offer, and the memories that made them the neighborhood cinema heroes they are today. Plus, they celebrate the Balboa turning 10...

Lake Merced has been an important area of San Francisco before there even was a San Francisco. This week, we chronicle the pre-European history, Spanish settlement, and the emergence of Lake Merced as an important San Francisco resource in this classic episode of Outside Lands San Francisco.

Did you known that a huge cultural event got its start right here on the West side at Baker Beach? Nicole and Arnold investigate the origins of Burning Man, in this classic episode of Outside Lands San Francisco.

How does one become a San Francisco baseball legend without winning championships? Nicole & Arnold tell the remarkable tale of Dante Benedetti, in this classic episode of Outside Lands.

Rebekah shares the sad story of Monarch the Bear, who spent much of his life in Golden Gate Park and his entire afterlife at the Academy of Sciences. You won't want to miss this episode that dispels stubborn myths, and reveals that the park once had a designated huntsman (that may or may not have looked like Gaston from Beauty and the Beast).

Nicole explains what she and WNP will be doing while on her sabbatical, and Rebekah talks about the community she's experienced in the neighborhoods recently. Plus, we're teleporting back in time to read articles from the news 25, 50, 75 and 100 years ago the day this episode airs.

Nicole is joined by historian Richard Brandi and Melanie Bishop of the SF Survey team at San Francisco Planning to talk about preservation priorities in West Portal and beyond, and what we can do to protect the places we love with so much change on the horizon for the cultural landscape in San Francisco. To learn more, visit sfplanning.org/sfsurvey or message the SF Survey team at cpc.survey@sfgov...