Western Neighborhoods Project

Outside Lands San Francisco

Society EN ↓ 647 episodes

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, footnoted facts, and occasional guests.

Author

Western Neighborhoods Project

Category

Society

Podcast website

www.outsidelands.org

Latest episode

Jul 5, 2026

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Episodes

322: Conservatory of Flowers Myths 13.04.2019

Guest Chelsea Sellin shares some legends about the Golden Gate Park landmark on its 140th birthday.

321: Portal Heights 06.04.2019

Curvy streets in the Sunset? The mystery of Cecilia Avenue revealed.

320: Ferries & Cliff House Railroad 30.03.2019

Steam locomotives once puffed through the Richmond District.

319: Butter Sculptress of the Midwinter Fair 23.03.2019

The story of Caroline Brooks, Centennial Butter Sculptress at the 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition.

318: Verdi Monument 16.03.2019

The impressive tribute in Golden Gate Park's Music Concourse to Italy's famous composer.

317: Quigley Family 09.03.2019

An historic Inner Sunset family who lived in, and made, Golden Gate Park.

316: San Francisco History Center 01.03.2019

Guest Christina Moretta, photo curator from the San Francisco History Center at the San Francisco Public Library, gives an overview of the city's official archives.

315: Sunset Reservoir 23.02.2019

177 million gallons of water is just the start of the story.

314: Women Artists at the Midwinter Fair 16.02.2019

The Fine Arts Building of the 1894 California Midwinter International Fair in Golden Gate Park and the many female artists featured.

313: Worcester Avenue 09.02.2019

The history and significance of a one-block San Francisco street.

312: Hotel Cairns 02.02.2019

The former roadhouse and sanitarium at the corner of 36th Avenue and Fulton Street.

311: Columbia Heights 26.01.2019

The mini-neighborhood laid out along San Jose Avenue in 1893 with dairies and a one-man water company.

310: Bonet's Electric Tower 19.01.2019

The centerpiece of the 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition in Golden Gate Park.

309: Carol Schuldt 12.01.2019

The story of Kelly's Cove's "Queen of the Beach," who passed away on December 1, 2018.

308: California Gliders Club 05.01.2019

1920s aviators flew over the sand dunes of San Francisco's west side.

307: Snow in San Francisco 29.12.2018

On rare occasions, white stuff has fallen on the city by the bay.

306: Sutro's Ashes 22.12.2018

Mysterious object, relocated ashes, shadowy characters... John Martini unearths the stories behind Adolph Sutro's missing remains.

305: Francis Scott Key Monument 15.12.2018

The story of a peripatetic statue, that looks like a wedding cake top, in Golden Gate Park's Music Concourse.

304: Lakeshore Park 08.12.2018

Woody, David, & Nicole tell the story of the Gellert Brothers-built neighborhood that sits between two lakes and was the home of the mysterious GET.

303: Alma Keith 01.12.2018

A milliner with a large house at the beach and a family history with some mystery. Woody, David, & Nicole tell the story of Alma Keith.

302: Transpacific Cable 24.11.2018

In December 1902, a communications connection to Asia was launched from San Francisco's Ocean Beach.

301: Ansel Adams House 17.11.2018

The famed photographer of Yosemite and the 'Range of Light' grew up in the Richmond District.

300: Western Neighborhoods Project 10.11.2018

Hey, we are history too now! For the 300th podcast we talk about the venerable organization named the Western Neighborhoods Project.

299: Monterey Heights 03.11.2018

The houses and stories (bootleggers, raffles, and more) in a residential neighborhood on the slope of Mount Davidson.

298: West Side Equestrianism 27.10.2018

Horse-riding on the west side, the Golden Gate Park stables, and David's fear of the saddle.

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