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

247: Renaming the Richmond 21.10.2017

One hundred years ago, community leaders in the Richmond District decided to change the neighborhood name (again.)

246: Pioneer Log Cabin and Environs 14.10.2017

Golden Gate Park's meadow of pioneer and colonial related monuments.

245: L-Taraval Streetcar 07.10.2017

The story of the streetcar that runs through the Parkside, Sunset, and, at one time, open sand dunes.

244: Seal Rocks 30.09.2017

Off the Cliff House and visited by pinnipeds, daredevils, and stranded surfers.

243: City College of San Francisco 23.09.2017

From the San Francisco Junior College to free tuition, the history of City College.

242: West Side What Ifs 16.09.2017

Playland still in business? End of streetcars? World's Fair at Lake Merced? Imagining different west sides.

241: Ida McCain 09.09.2017

Inge Horton tells about a trailblazing female architect who designed hundreds of west side houses.

240: Green Apple Books 02.09.2017

Celebrating 50 years of a Richmond District institution.

239: Arden Wood 26.08.2017

The Christian Science institution built in the trees at the end of West Portal Avenue in 1930.

238: Irish on the West Side 19.08.2017

Elizabeth Creely visits to talk about Irish-American San Francisco, east and west side.

237: Sea Cliff 12.08.2017

The showcase neighborhood overlooking the Golden Gate.

236: 49 Mile Scenic Drive 05.08.2017

Kristine Poggioli and Carolyn Eidson explain what the 49 Mile Scenic Drive is and how to walk it today.

235: Zoo Trains 29.07.2017

We remember all the trains in the San Francisco Zoo, from the Little Puffer to the playground locomotive to the Elephant train.

234: Golden Gate Heights 22.07.2017

The story of the neighborhood perched between (and above) the Sunset District and Forest Hill.

233: Anglers Lodge and Casting Pools 15.07.2017

An alpine cabin and concrete ponds hidden in a Golden Gate Park grove.

232: Sea Lions of Lake Merced 08.07.2017

An 1890s idea to catch invasive carp backfires.

231: Roosevelt Middle School 30.06.2017

A Richmond District junior high with unusual architecture and at least one famous alum.

230: Sutro Forest 24.06.2017

The story of the San Francisco tree plantation that once stretched from the Inner Sunset to the Ingleside District.

229: Christofferson Brothers 17.06.2017

Tim McIntosh tells of early aircraft building and flying brothers who had a flight school at Ocean Beach.

228: Trad'r Sam 10.06.2017

The Outer Richmond District's venerable South Seas bar.

227: Grove of Memory 03.06.2017

Golden Gate Park's redwood grove, with Doughboy statue, commemorating Native Sons who died in 20th Century wars.

226: Golden Gate Bridge at 80 27.05.2017

San Francisco’s best known landmark has a birthday.

225: Columbus Alice Fong Yu School 20.05.2017

The story of a landmark language immersion school in the Sunset District.

224: Kezar Stadium Re-do 13.05.2017

Don't listen to podcast episode #1! This is a better look at Kezar Stadium in Golden Gate Park.

223: Department of Public Works Images 06.05.2017

Why did a San Francisco city agency take so many photographs and why are they important?

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