Western Neighborhoods Project
Outside Lands San Francisco
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.
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Jul 5, 2026
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Episodes
247: Renaming the Richmond 21.10.2017 18:38
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 19:09
Golden Gate Park's meadow of pioneer and colonial related monuments.
245: L-Taraval Streetcar 07.10.2017 16:52
The story of the streetcar that runs through the Parkside, Sunset, and, at one time, open sand dunes.
244: Seal Rocks 30.09.2017 21:20
Off the Cliff House and visited by pinnipeds, daredevils, and stranded surfers.
243: City College of San Francisco 23.09.2017 24:10
From the San Francisco Junior College to free tuition, the history of City College.
242: West Side What Ifs 16.09.2017 25:56
Playland still in business? End of streetcars? World's Fair at Lake Merced? Imagining different west sides.
241: Ida McCain 09.09.2017 31:31
Inge Horton tells about a trailblazing female architect who designed hundreds of west side houses.
240: Green Apple Books 02.09.2017 22:47
Celebrating 50 years of a Richmond District institution.
239: Arden Wood 26.08.2017 21:48
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 26:18
Elizabeth Creely visits to talk about Irish-American San Francisco, east and west side.
237: Sea Cliff 12.08.2017 20:44
The showcase neighborhood overlooking the Golden Gate.
236: 49 Mile Scenic Drive 05.08.2017 27:50
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 26:16
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 29:53
The story of the neighborhood perched between (and above) the Sunset District and Forest Hill.
233: Anglers Lodge and Casting Pools 15.07.2017 18:57
An alpine cabin and concrete ponds hidden in a Golden Gate Park grove.
232: Sea Lions of Lake Merced 08.07.2017 21:21
An 1890s idea to catch invasive carp backfires.
231: Roosevelt Middle School 30.06.2017 26:29
A Richmond District junior high with unusual architecture and at least one famous alum.
230: Sutro Forest 24.06.2017 24:43
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 26:54
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 23:32
The Outer Richmond District's venerable South Seas bar.
227: Grove of Memory 03.06.2017 21:12
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 23:39
San Francisco’s best known landmark has a birthday.
225: Columbus Alice Fong Yu School 20.05.2017 22:59
The story of a landmark language immersion school in the Sunset District.
224: Kezar Stadium Re-do 13.05.2017 24:21
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 22:17
Why did a San Francisco city agency take so many photographs and why are they important?
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